You know when you first get rich, and you, like, just buy everything that you see? I did that for several years. And I have sheds full of things, maybe sometimes nine copies of the same thing. Roseanne Barr Read Quote
I’m never going to get married again. Three strikes, you’re out. I think if I would try to get married again in California, I have to go to prison, don’t I? I think you only get three. Roseanne Barr Read Quote
I always felt that it was easier to take a funny person and teach them to write television than to take somebody who was a television writer and make them funny. And I discovered a lot of great writers that went on to do a lot of great shows like ‘Seinfeld,’ ‘Friends,’ you know, ‘Three and a Half Men.’ Roseanne Barr Read Quote
A lot of people in television who’ve had successful shows claim the ‘Roseanne’ show as their starting place, and I’m really proud of that. Roseanne Barr Read Quote
I’m very introspective, and I mostly don’t talk to people. I get into a real quiet, meditative place. Roseanne Barr Read Quote
Nobody wanted the ‘Roseanne’ show. I heard from agents that there was no interest in a show about a fat woman and her family. Roseanne Barr Read Quote
Anyone with a show on T.V. will tell you it’s backbreaking work. And if you have a big personality, which I have, and you’re a perfectionist, there’s going to be head-butting. Roseanne Barr Read Quote
I gave Joss Whedon and Judd Apatow their first writing jobs, as well as many other untried writers who went on to great success. Roseanne Barr Read Quote