“Families can be the most detrimental things to have in your life. They are sometimes the most poisonous relationships that people have. Sometimes family is the thing that keeps you from ever achieving what you want to achieve, and yet people hold it and hold it and grab it and try to fix it and twist it and turn it.” PeopleWantTryingSometimesTurnsAchieveWhat You WantTwistsPoisonousDetrimental Author:Amy Sherman-Palladino
“You simply cannot do a sitcom by committee. It will not work. You've got to have one or two clean, creative voices in charge, and there's got to be some faith by the studio and network in those people to make the right choices.” PeopleTwoChoicesVoiceCreativeCleanStudiosCommitteesSitcomRight ChoicesMake The Right Choice Author:Amy Sherman-Palladino
“This business [moviemaking] isn't easy. It's a hard business. You just keep plugging away until you figure it out. You write something you love and keep banging on people's heads until somebody lets you do it.” PeopleWritingHardEasyFiguresBangingSomething You Love Author:Amy Sherman-Palladino
“People have nannies and big cars, and they want to go to Maui for Christmas. When there are those kind of stakes involved, people get ruthless.” PeopleWantKindBigsCarInvolvedChristmasStakesRuthlessNanniesMauiBig Cars Author:Amy Sherman-Palladino
“With a sitcom, everyday you do a run through, and people are judging you, and the scripts are being changed nightly, nightly, nightly.” PeopleRunningChangedJudgingEverydayScriptsSitcomJudging You Author:Amy Sherman-Palladino
