The Tweets that I have written that are most popular are the ones that are the kind of universal girly concerns and observations.

I'm someone who loves romance. I always have loved it. Most people who grew up as nerds, as I was, surprisingly, have loved romance.

We have this saying, and it's been very useful when a series, 'The Mindy Project' goes for longer than a hundred episodes, which is Mindy character can never get what she wants when she wants it. We enjoyed it because it felt very real to her character to make a big impulsive move and it seems like she has everything, this instant family, a guy she loves and then there's a moment of panic.

Something that's happened recently is that I don't beat myself up about stuff.

If I'm going to be a mess, I might as well be a hot mess, right?

Directing is exhausting, but not for the actual directing part, when you say "Action!" and give creative notes. As a director, the exhausting part is that you are a professional answer-machine.

Nothing gives you confidence like being a member of a small, weirdly specific, hard-to-find demographic.