The thing about 'Gilmore Girls' is that it's such a specific voice, and I lived with it for so long before it got on the air It's a very specific rhythm and a very specific banter.

This business [moviemaking] isn't easy. It's a hard business. You just keep plugging away until you figure it out. You write something you love and keep banging on people's heads until somebody lets you do it.

As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That's all.

The dance world was a big part of my growing up.

It's tough to get any film made, even if you're Martin Scorsese. It's just hard to get films made.

No one in my writers' room can wear sweatpants.

I believe that you have a boyfriend for certain times of your life, and I think the boyfriend who is your most beautiful first boyfriend is not the boyfriend that you're with in college, and your college boyfriend is not your first boyfriend!