Diane English

Professions :

Writer

You have to be creative. It's the basics. You can't be Picasso unless you know how to draw a real face; then you can turn it upside down.

face down you upside-down

I think people have a responsibility, if they write a letter, to make sure that they saw it themselves and it's not hearsay.

make think responsibility people

The writing of a series finale is horrible.

finale series horrible writing

In 1998, there was no social media. People were barely on the Internet. So I had no input from fans at all. Zero.

social-media internet media people

If you keep hearing the same thing over and over again from your fan base, you should pay attention to that. But that's just another bunch of loud voices in your ear. I would imagine it makes it very hard to stay in touch with your own gut. You try to think of it as just another episode, but that never works. It just isn't.

never think you attention

In '39, they had no problem with it. But today, there's a huge issue with a movie that has no male movie stars.

no-problem stars problem today

I don't think it's more important to preserve female friendship than a marriage. But I think that there's a place for female friendship that's really important in the lives of all the women I know. As I've gotten older, it's become much more important to me.

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Women friends get me through the bumps in the road.

road me friends women

I don't think there's anything wrong with feminist uplift. That's how we got credit cards in our own name.

name own think cards

One has to develop a sense of humor to cope.

develop sense sense-of-humor humor

The best stories come from real life.

best real-life real life

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