I think a lot of people dream. And while they are busy dreaming, the really happy people, the really successful people, the really interesting, engaged, powerful people, are busy doing. Shonda Rhimes More Quotes by Shonda Rhimes More Quotes From Shonda Rhimes I have some little kids, and I want to be around for them. Shonda Rhimes us-news I'm not sitting around going, 'Wow, it's historic to have two black women on television,' i don't think it's odd to see two black women standing in the same place because, well, that's my house. Like, it's not a thing. To me, it just feels like Tuesday. Shonda Rhimes entertainment There is a part of me that's oblivious. People always ask me, 'What obstacles have you faced?' and I always think, 'What are you talking about?' Whether or not there were obstacles, I never saw obstacles. It's never occurred to me that I wasn't good enough for something. Shonda Rhimes good me you people There are stories to be told that are still untold and characters to be portrayed that haven't been portrayed correctly. So there's work to be done. Shonda Rhimes untold still done work There's nothing wrong with being driven. And there's nothing wrong with putting yourself first to reach your goals. Shonda Rhimes goals your yourself nothing No one's body is up for comment. No matter how small, how curvy, how round, how flat. If you love you, then I love you. Shonda Rhimes you i-love-you matter love Disney has made $2 billion on 'Grey's Anatomy.' I don't have $2 billion. Shonda Rhimes billion anatomy grey made It's important to have people who are absolutely willing to say you're wrong or who have a totally different perspective than you do on everything. Fresh ideas are hard to come by, and good ones are even harder. Shonda Rhimes good you perspective people I really do feel like the work and time we spend avoiding having difficult conversations is so much more wasteful and painful and time-consuming than actually having the difficult conversation. Shonda Rhimes feel work time conversation I think I'm most proud of the fact that I have figured out how to exist as both a creative person and artist, and a businesswoman and manager. Because those two things do not go together. Shonda Rhimes think proud artist together The beauty of being a feminist is that you get to be whatever you want. And that's the point. Shonda Rhimes whatever you want beauty For me, beauty is me at the top of my game, going as hard as I can, without fear of what anyone else thinks. Believing in yourself when nobody else is believing in you is half the battle about anything. Shonda Rhimes me you fear beauty Having a strong sense of self is fundamental to you, no matter what you're doing. I don't care if you're a stay at home mom raising kids or if you're the CEO of a corporation. It's really important for your survival. Shonda Rhimes you mom self home When I'm hard at work, when I'm deep in it, there is no other feeling. For me, my work is at all times building a nation out of thin air. It is manning the troops. It is painting a canvas. It is hitting every high note. It is running a marathon. It is being Beyonce. And it is all of those things at the same time. Shonda Rhimes me painting work time I think my goal is to find a way to spend all of my time writing. I mean, sort of; true success is I'm doing nothing but writing if I do my job correctly. Shonda Rhimes job think success time My poor children have been the subject of all of my experiments. We're still doing what I call 'Amish summers' where I turn off all electronics and pack away all their computers and stuff and watch them scream for a while until they settle down into, like, an electronic-free summer. Shonda Rhimes down computers poor children What I found fascinating for me was, I've never gotten so much approval and accolades and warmth and congratulations as when I had a guy on my arm that people thought I was going to marry. It was amazing. I mean, nobody congratulated me that hard when I had my three children. Shonda Rhimes nobody me children people I say it in the writers' room all the time: My black is not your black. What's terrifying is that, just the same way we've all accepted that normal is white, everybody seems to buy into the idea that there's only one way to be black or one way to be Hispanic. That's as damaging as anything else. Shonda Rhimes black white time way I think any time you allow someone to see themselves reflected in another person on screen, there's validation there. It's hard to feel strong and sure of yourself when you're 15, but if you can turn on your television or computer and see someone who makes you feel like, 'I can be that strong...' there's validation there. Shonda Rhimes yourself feel you time The secret sauce of the business that I can offer is my creativity, and in order to keep my creativity alive and fresh, I have to pretend that no one is watching the show, that there are no audiences, there are no ratings; I'm just telling a story. Shonda Rhimes story creativity i-can business
