“To me, it wasn't 'Star Wars' that shaped me; it was more 'Mary Tyler M...” — Jill Soloway Quote

“To me, it wasn't 'Star Wars' that shaped me; it was more 'Mary Tyler Moore' and, nowadays, 'Louie' and 'Girls.'”

“When you're making an independent film, it's like this actor plus this actor equals this funding, this financing. Pull this actor out, this actor is still here but this money's gone. It's this frightening puzzle mosaic that is the world of independent film.”

“I've been writing about misogyny for 20 years and trying to understand what femininity means for my entire career.”

“After Mary Queen of Scots, I turned to the farthest subject possible: Cromwell.”

“That's something Mary Lou Williams used to tell me: If you're not feeling right about what you're doing and you play a minor tune it all comes back, falls into place. I don't know if that's true, but I do it.”

“I didn't have a teacher like Sister Mary Ignatius.”