Allison Schroeder Quotes

I have written a bunch of scripts that have not gotten produced, much more so early in my career than later.

I write 'Broad City,' so I connect it to me.

I didn't get paid to write professionally until my first episode of 'Kyle XY,' which was the fourth episode of the first season.

I went to USC and got my first break writing for a kids' show called 'Pepper Ann.'

I was a novelist first. But in the mid-'80s, I did work in television for ten years. And yes, that was frequently the reaction to my scripts. People would say, 'You know, George, this is great. We love it, a terrific script, but it would cost five times our budget to shoot this.'

All of the writing on '30 Rock' is a joy to go into. It's pretty hot stuff.

I became a copy boy. Not for long. I started writing stories.

Sitcoms, I always figured that would be an easy gig, but man, it is not.

The most despised sector of Hollywood are the writers. A good writer is quickly promoted to a 'concept man' - and then a producer - because he's too valuable to simply be a writer.

I'm a long-time fan of Rob Long, and his books are hugely re-readable, detailing the ins and outs of being a Hollywood comedy writer with a past success but with everything to prove.

I had been writing professionally since 1988.

I have a pretty big TV background, and I have clocked so many hours in so many writers' rooms over the years.

Every day, I learn something new. I think one of the most exciting things for a writer is to work on a TV show. It's like a novel. You have a really long time to develop and learn about the characters, and you can just really keep digging in deeper, every week.

When I was really young I didn't know that there was such a thing as a screenwriter. I wrote stories.

I made a very good living as a bad writer. I wrote a lot of comedies, 'Diff'rent Strokes,' 'Facts of Life,' while all my friends were doing the good shows, like 'Cheers,' but I loved it because I got to be a working writer in Hollywood.

I'm sort lucky in that for me, I'm a writer now. I started as an actor but I'm a writer and so things like 'Wilfred' and shows like that are where I escape to.

Writing was my first occupation, begun at age 23.

My first writing job was with a company called TheatreworksUSA.

I've sold scripts in the past, and also a TV pilot that didn't get made, to Fox. But yeah, I've been writing for a while.

I wrote for 'The Sopranos' and worked on big, blustery characters for quite a while.

I've written pilots. I wrote a movie.

I wanted to do screenwriting. That's what I went to school for, but my major was overfilled, and when I got 'The Daily Show', I was a semester away from officially starting my major, so I never started that in particular.

I started writing when I was trying to be an actor, and I happened to be friends with Tina Fey, who happened to have her show '30 Rock' coming out. So Tina, who happens to be a mentor to me, gave me my slot and hired me.

By June 1990, I'd racked up 'written by' credits on both 'Newhart' and 'The Simpsons.'

For a writer, working in television is an incredibly rewarding medium. You're in charge of all aspects of production and get to see your vision come to life every week.