American - Journalist | November 8, 1960 -
Retaining a child-like sense of wonder is a boon for creative types like Steven Spielberg and J. K. Rowling.
Nell Scovell
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An ocean of ink - real and virtual - has been spilled critiquing the appearance of female politicians.
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Feminists cried, 'Sexism!' when New York Senator Hillary Clinton was judged not by the content of her character but by the color of her pantsuits.
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Howard Dean is no longer the brilliant mastermind of the Fifty State Strategy that enabled the Democrats to storm the White House and Congress. He's the idiot wearing an ugly sweatshirt.
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The focus on male politicians extends beyond clothes, legs, and pretty faces. It's hard to find an article about former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich that doesn't mention his mop.
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Like Lindsay Lohan and Lauren Conrad, Barack Obama is addicted to his BlackBerry.
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In TV, you look to make characters consistent, but in real life, we're not consistent. Sometimes we're brave, and sometimes we're not. Sometimes we're very aggressive, and sometimes we back right down.
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The first Emmys I went to was in 1990 when the five nominees for best comedy were 'Designing Women,' 'Golden Girls,' 'Murphy Brown,' 'Cheers,' 'Wonder Years.' Three and a half were created by women.
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I basically lived like a guy for, certainly, the first decade of my career, and I just wanted to blend in.
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When you start a memoir, you think, 'I'm going to blast all the people who were mean to me.' And then you start writing, and you go, actually, it's so much more fun to say nice things about people who were kind and generous to you.
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The more successful you are as a man, the more you're liked. And the more successful you are as a woman, the more you're disliked.
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We have so many great memoirs from women in front of the camera, from Tina Fey, Mindy Kaling, Amy Poehler, and Amy Schumer.
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