If I’m writing something and I’m not feeling mischievous, then I know it’s not going to be great. Elizabeth Meriwether Read Quote
The funniest things just come from honesty. We have a tendency to see female characters as representative of something larger than what they are, when male characters are just characters. Elizabeth Meriwether Read Quote
I just want to keep writing characters who are interesting and complicated people and interesting roles for women, in TV or film or in theater. I think that’s like my ‘Blues Brothers’ mission. Elizabeth Meriwether Read Quote
I think so much of writing is an instinct, or a feel for a scene, or a feel for a character. You have to put into words the word ‘tone,’ which I think is thrown around a lot and can mean a hundred different things, but communicating that to other people is definitely a challenge. Elizabeth Meriwether Read Quote
Every show is unique, some shows have the master plan and have everything figured out and that’s just the way they do things. It’s like high school. Some people write their papers the second they get their assignments, and some people write it the day after it’s due. I am the latter. Elizabeth Meriwether Read Quote
Why do British people make such good TV? It’s so annoying. Stop it. Is it because they have free health care? Uggh. Elizabeth Meriwether Read Quote
Please God, I hope my experience in downtown theater isn’t over, because I’d love to keep making weird plays. I can’t wait for Charles Isherwood to call my next play ‘sit-com-y’ and tell me to stick to writing television. Elizabeth Meriwether Read Quote
But, yes, I learned everything working in theater. I learned the importance of community – I was constantly going to play readings, stand-up nights, improv. nights. Elizabeth Meriwether Read Quote
Dysfunctional co-dependent relationships always appeal to me. I don’t know exactly how it started. I start writing sketches of characters and little scene-lets, and then it builds. Elizabeth Meriwether Read Quote
There are a lot of women screenwriters, but they are obviously outnumbered by men. And it still is a very much male-dominated industry. Elizabeth Meriwether Read Quote
