I am an incredibly impatient person.

I try not to put anything political on the forefront of what I'm trying to do creatively. At the same time, I do think it's wonderful when I hear people say that it's inspirational that I'm an Indian woman on camera. My life is very diverse, and my friends are a diverse group of people.

There is no sunrise so beautiful that it is worth waking me up to see it.

I think a lot of people compare female writers or female comedians to each other in a way that men are not. Male comedy writers are not scrutinized.

As my mom has said, when one person is unhappy, it usually means two people are unhappy but that one has not come to terms with it yet.

When I've acted, and it's not been something I've written or have had at least a hand in writing, I do think there is a controlling side of me that is frustrated by that. And I actually don't think that it's a bad thing, because if I'm going to be in movies, in large part they're going to be movies that I write.

My mother is more of an adviser. I followed everything she did when I was younger, because I looked up to her so much.