I've never been one of those who is attracted to straight men. Like I always said, 'you're straight, so there's no point' and I have friends who are pursuers of the heterosexual men. They see it as conquests, which I think is a different thing and a more narcissistic thing. And not necessarily a healthy thing.

I've never been one of those who is attracted to straight men. Like I always said, 'you're straight, so there's no point' and I have friends who are pursuers of the heterosexual men. They see it as conquests, which I think is a different thing and a more narcissistic thing. And not necessarily a healthy thing.

Television production is so insane. There's so many moving parts and flying pieces and you're desperate to make it cohesive and artistic and have something to say about the human condition that feels like it has value to its existence.

A poor white woman from the South is different than a poor black woman from the South, and has a completely different experience.

Anything that happens on any show is a plot contrivance because that's just storytelling.

As an insecure writer, I'll finish a scene and worry there's a better version of it. Or it could be elevated somehow.

I think if you are writing something that you are trying to design for someone else to like that is not necessarily you're demographic, it is a much harder road.