I remember learning about the Holocaust when I was in kindergarten and being terrified. I think we even watched a graphic video about it in Jewish day school. Although I was quite young, I remember making these vows to myself such as, I'm never going to love my country so much that I can't leave in a moment's notice.
Jill SolowayThere is a real comfort with the position of the victim, which can either result in true empathy or deep paranoia.
Jill SolowayThe only way things will change will be when we're all wilder, louder, riskier, sillier, unexpectedly overflowing with surprise.
Jill SolowayThat was something that I learned from Alan Ball from โSix Feet Under." He didnโt really like to have too many pop culture references because they donโt really hold up after a few years.
Jill SolowayIf most of the reviewers are white cis men, if most of the distributors are white cis men, most of the executives in history have been white cis men. Most of the people who have been giving awards to people are people who've already been in the business - retired white cis men. They've been creating a body of narrative forever.
Jill SolowayWhen I write, I lose time. I'm happy in a way that I have a hard time finding in real life. The intimacy between my brain and my fingers and my computer... Yet knowing that that intimacy will find an audience... It's very satisfying. It's like having the safety of being alone with the ego reward of being known.
Jill Soloway