I don’t think there was a time I ever thought of myself as anything but a writer. I thought I was going to be the next Toni Morrison. Shonda Rhimes Read Quote
I’d split up with a boyfriend and gone to Vermont to stare at my navel, and then 9/11 happened, and I spent days being scared of what was happening in the world. So I made a list of all the things I wanted to do, and at the top was adopt a baby. Nine months and two days later, I brought my daughter home. Shonda Rhimes Read Quote
I actually really love Twitter – I used to feel angry and insulted when people criticised me or the shows, but now I don’t take it too seriously. What I do love is that there’s this great direct line to fans. Shonda Rhimes Read Quote
Most writing staffs have this crazy high turnover, and then everyone’s really miserable, and I don’t understand that. I don’t know why you don’t grow people to then be able to take over as you. That’s how I can have more shows. Shonda Rhimes Read Quote
Shondaland is my company. I run that mother. I am in charge. I am the leader. It’s fantastic. It’s also really hard. As it should be. Shonda Rhimes Read Quote
My favorite thing to do is rip the covers off a script when reading for writers to hire and make everybody read without names on the covers of the script. I can’t tell you how many times my writers, women and men, will pick people of color and women much more often than they would with a cover on the script. Shonda Rhimes Read Quote
No matter how you feel about social media, you can’t deny the giant that is Facebook. Shonda Rhimes Read Quote
I have found that if I spend the first hour of my day at home, I get more done, and less people steal my time. Shonda Rhimes Read Quote
I think that women are raised to believe that they’re supposed to want certain things, and so you feel like you’re supposed to apologize when you don’t want those things. Shonda Rhimes Read Quote
