I don’t know that I think women have to throw out the fairy tale ending. I just think they have to decide what their fairy tale ending is – and not go with the standard one that everyone’s told them they’re supposed to have. Shonda Rhimes Read Quote
Frankly, the idea that we need to be beautiful, if you really think about it, it’s odd. But if you can turn it inward and see yourself as beautiful, that’s what changes the world. Shonda Rhimes Read Quote
When I’m hard at work, when I’m deep in it, there is no other feeling. For me, my work is at all times building a nation out of thin air. It is manning the troops. It is painting a canvas. It is hitting every high note. It is running a marathon. It is being Beyonce. And it is all of those things at the same time. Shonda Rhimes Read Quote
I am never worried that I’m not gonna get my work done. I was the kid who got straight As and was a little too intense in school. Like, I am a perfectionist, and I am going to sit at the front of the class with my hand raised. Shonda Rhimes Read Quote
I don’t care what color you are, what size you are, where you’re from. It is disturbing that there’s an idea that only tall, thin, willowy, size 0 women are attractive – even for the tall, thin, willowy, size 0 woman! We all should get to feel like there’s something powerful and beautiful about who we are. Shonda Rhimes Read Quote
My philosophy was always try to look like Whitney Houston at all times. That did not work out so well. Shonda Rhimes Read Quote
My worst trait is that I’m an introvert. When I’ve led stuff, the hardest thing for me to overcome has been my natural desire to run and hide. I’m very proud of the fact that I have been able to do that. Shonda Rhimes Read Quote
I really do feel like the work and time we spend avoiding having difficult conversations is so much more wasteful and painful and time-consuming than actually having the difficult conversation. Shonda Rhimes Read Quote
There is a part of me that’s oblivious. People always ask me, ‘What obstacles have you faced?’ and I always think, ‘What are you talking about?’ Whether or not there were obstacles, I never saw obstacles. It’s never occurred to me that I wasn’t good enough for something. Shonda Rhimes Read Quote
