I'm a big fan of 'The Office,' both the British and the American versions.

Ladies gotta say no to their husbands at the movies. They gotta say: "No, we are watching back-to-back cancer movies. And then this movie about a cat."

We writers dream of a future where actors are mostly computer generated and their performances can be adjusted, by us, on a laptop, alone.

You're not in competition with other women. You're in competition with everyone.

Lesson learned? When people say, "You really, really must" do something, it means you don't really have to. No one ever says, "You really, really must deliver the baby during labor." When it's true, it doesn't need to be said.

Don't be too precious or attached to anything you write. Let things be malleable. For sketch writers, remember they're called sketches for a reason. They're not called oil paintings. Some of them are going to stink. You have to let them stink.

Boyhood proves that there's still good roles for women over 40, as long as you get hired when you're under 40.