Zitat des Tages von Marti Noxon:
I bemoaned the pending loss of Obamacare/the Affordable Care Act.
Not proud. But I watched 'The Bachelor' only once, and I really felt, after that experience, that I could never do it again. I felt it was so morally compromising, as a woman.
For me, the interesting thing about anorexia is that you show your wound. There's no hiding it. So my anger and sense of disappointment, all the stuff I was out of touch with, became this visible rebuke to my parents.
The reason I fell in love with Buffy was because of the ambiguity, because she was a superhero and a hot mess. I hadn't seen anything like her on TV - ever.
I think women can relate to the feeling that we're internalizing too many demands, and we're trying to be good at everything, but one day, we're going to snap.
Can't write worrying what the Internet's going to think.
With everything I do, I strive for a balance of tone, where it's not just one thing.
I realized all the writing I love lives in the gray area.
I know a lot about words. I get paid to write stories, so I get to talk with people about the meaning behind words all day.
I don't like characters who are either good or bad. I just don't experience that in life, so my writing hasn't evolved that way.
When every word is parsed for ill intention, regardless of who is speaking or why, we become so afraid we'll offend that we stop trying to communicate with people we don't understand.
On 'Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce,' we have a mandate to hire as many women as possible, but particularly on a show that is about women and about progressive issues like that.
There're been sort of a sea change in my work in general, in that the more personal, the universal it's become.
I'm a huge fan of Kathryn Bigelow's 'Near Dark.'
I always joke that I'm a feminist with a boob job.
I'll be honest: I had a real deep-seated fear that 'Buffy' was going to be my peak. It was such a beautiful experience. It was such a fully realized show.
I think we're in a time when people are much more interested in a show than where you find it.
Women want to watch the dark stuff.
I'm pretty proud of my pie crust. I think I've finally learned how to manhandle it just enough.
I've never had as much success as when I say to myself, 'I get that. I know what the feelings that that character would be going through would be like. I can feel a through line from beginning to end.'
Like everbody, I'm addicted to 'The Handmaid's Tale.'
When I was going to get ready to take 'Dietland' up, I have to say I was surprised to find that I felt like maybe we wouldn't find a home for it because it's unlike anything else that I've done.
The problem with generalizations and judgments, the words we hurl as insults, is that they deny our humanity and our stories.
I love characters who are really dedicated to a really bad plan.
If you made a movie of 'Sharp Objects,' chances are that it would be a smaller film, but as a TV show, it can reach a lot of people.
One of the good things about consulting is that you leave the writers' room for a couple of days, things progress, you come back, and you might have a fresher take.
I certainly often go to a movie and don't remember exactly what the trailer had in it, except that it looked cool.
'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger' not only applies to the deeply personal subject matter of 'To the Bone' but to simply getting a film about people with eating disorders made. Without the brilliant Julie Lynn, Bonnie Curtis, and Karina Miller producing, there's no way this project would be coming to fruition.
I think there's a good-er divorce. I think that's absolutely possible. There's a better way to do it and everything in between, and then, of course, there's the disastrous way to do it.
You really can't quantify what 'Dietland' is.
It's humiliating, being told you're not responsible enough to make your own choices in life.
When you work in television, it's an isolating experience. You rarely ever get to watch it with an audience.
It's funny: I've joked that 'Sharp Objects,' 'To the Bone,' and 'Dietland' are my self-harm trilogy, and each one is a different side of that triangle, with 'Dietland' really about fighting back.
When people are like, ''UnREAL' is so dark,' I'm like, 'Hahahahahahahahahaha! Wait 'til you get to 'Sharp Objects.''
We did have 'The Bronze', a very active website on 'Buffy' where we got a lot of feedback and post-game discussion. But now it's important to be engaged in the discussion while the show is airing and right after.
You should live hoping you are going to offend people, because then you're doing something.