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Jill Soloway quotes: Years of my life were lived knowing that I'd get a book out of them one day.

Years of my life were lived knowing that I'd get a book out of them one day.

Jill Soloway quotes: You have to totally change the way that society's structured in order to being to heal.

You have to totally change the way that society's structured in order to being to heal.

Jill Soloway quotes: Perfection would be something that you see in 'Architectural Digest.'

Perfection would be something that you see in 'Architectural Digest.'

Jill Soloway quotes: It will feel boring when you're bingeing.

It will feel boring when you're bingeing.

Jill Soloway quotes: I have never wanted to claim I know what is best for Israel.

I have never wanted to claim I know what is best for Israel.

Jill Soloway quotes: It's hard enough to be a lady writer. Doubly hard to be a funny lady writer.

It's hard enough to be a lady writer. Doubly hard to be a funny lady writer.

Jill Soloway quotes: All writing is propaganda for the self.

All writing is propaganda for the self.

Jill Soloway quotes: The more horrible the truth that you admit, the better you connect. You have to tell the truth.

The more horrible the truth that you admit, the better you connect. You have to tell the truth.

Jill Soloway quotes: Someone will say to me, Oh that's so Jewish to interrupt. I say to myself, okay, is that code for you hate Jews? Or am I just being paranoid?

Someone will say to me, Oh that's so Jewish to interrupt. I say to myself, okay, is that code for you hate Jews? Or am I just being paranoid?

Jill Soloway quotes: Independent filmmakers already have their heads around people on their couches watching their movies.

Independent filmmakers already have their heads around people on their couches watching their movies.

Jill Soloway quotes: 'Six Feet Under,' for me, was college. Alan Ball and Alan Poul ran that show and really taught me what it meant to really run a show in a classic

'Six Feet Under,' for me, was college. Alan Ball and Alan Poul ran that show and really taught me what it meant to really run a show in a classic way.

Jill Soloway quotes: If you can laugh with your friends over something, you own it.

If you can laugh with your friends over something, you own it.

Jill Soloway quotes: Some of you guys are going to boo, but I'm going to say it anyway. I don't like dogs.

Some of you guys are going to boo, but I'm going to say it anyway. I don't like dogs.

Jill Soloway quotes: I'm a naturally open person - some might say radically open.

I'm a naturally open person - some might say radically open.

Jill Soloway quotes: Normally, you cast a pilot, and you have to make compromises about being political about who you cast.

Normally, you cast a pilot, and you have to make compromises about being political about who you cast.

Jill Soloway quotes: In my own work I am invested in art as a way to break through impasses, whether those impasses are personal, social, or political.

In my own work I am invested in art as a way to break through impasses, whether those impasses are personal, social, or political.

Jill Soloway quotes: I've been writing about misogyny for 20 years and trying to understand what femininity means for my entire career.

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

Jill Soloway quotes: People who don't have experience setting healthy boundaries, they have secrets instead.

People who don't have experience setting healthy boundaries, they have secrets instead.

Jill Soloway quotes: We're a whole culture of people who have a really hard time seeing beyond themselves.

We're a whole culture of people who have a really hard time seeing beyond themselves.

Jill Soloway quotes: If there's a woman who is exhibiting her femininity or performing her femininity, it's always seen as meant to pull in the male gaze.

If there's a woman who is exhibiting her femininity or performing her femininity, it's always seen as meant to pull in the male gaze.

Jill Soloway quotes: I'm very aware that just driving blindly towards money won't get me anything. I drive blindly towards making the world a better place.

I'm very aware that just driving blindly towards money won't get me anything. I drive blindly towards making the world a better place.

Jill Soloway quotes: I haven't made art about Israel. There's a covert subtext of Jewish identity in my artwork.

I haven't made art about Israel. There's a covert subtext of Jewish identity in my artwork.

Jill Soloway quotes: I really relate to the feeling of falling in love 10 times a day and wishing I could never stop falling in love.

I really relate to the feeling of falling in love 10 times a day and wishing I could never stop falling in love.

Jill Soloway quotes: I've been told by people I respect that flashbacks only work if they have their own narrative, but they can't be part of the present narrative.

I've been told by people I respect that flashbacks only work if they have their own narrative, but they can't be part of the present narrative.

Jill Soloway quotes: Most people privilege the technology, almost as if actors are in service to the machine.

Most people privilege the technology, almost as if actors are in service to the machine.

Jill Soloway quotes: It's really easy to do sad; you just put on some sad music and write dramatically - everybody can do that.

It's really easy to do sad; you just put on some sad music and write dramatically - everybody can do that.

Jill Soloway quotes: If you're in a room and can be seen by actors, you need to understand that you can be felt by them.

If you're in a room and can be seen by actors, you need to understand that you can be felt by them.

Jill Soloway quotes: I am beyond excited to share 'Transparent' with the world through Amazon. They've been so supportive through this incredible process.

I am beyond excited to share 'Transparent' with the world through Amazon. They've been so supportive through this incredible process.

Jill Soloway quotes: I love TV, I love writing, but I love movements more.

I love TV, I love writing, but I love movements more.

Jill Soloway quotes: To me, it wasn't 'Star Wars' that shaped me; it was more 'Mary Tyler Moore' and, nowadays, 'Louie' and 'Girls.'

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

Jill Soloway quotes: By recognizing your own vulnerability you can recognize and identify with the vulnerability in others.

By recognizing your own vulnerability you can recognize and identify with the vulnerability in others.

Jill Soloway quotes: There are times when folks will point out certain characteristics I have, like me being an interruptor, and attribute them to my Jewish identity.

There are times when folks will point out certain characteristics I have, like me being an interruptor, and attribute them to my Jewish identity.

Jill Soloway quotes: It's a struggle every day to get people to invest financially in portrayals of women that aren't satisfying to straight white men.

It's a struggle every day to get people to invest financially in portrayals of women that aren't satisfying to straight white men.

Jill Soloway quotes: My sister and I are incredibly close, and we created together from childhood through the time we spent in Chicago at the Annoyance Theatre.

My sister and I are incredibly close, and we created together from childhood through the time we spent in Chicago at the Annoyance Theatre.

Jill Soloway quotes: If you're female, and you want to express your femininity, you're actually demonized in the 'Free To Be ... You And Me' generation.

If you're female, and you want to express your femininity, you're actually demonized in the 'Free To Be ... You And Me' generation.

Jill Soloway quotes: My family gets incredibly tense and stressed out around traveling. There's something really beautiful in that vulnerability.

My family gets incredibly tense and stressed out around traveling. There's something really beautiful in that vulnerability.

Jill Soloway quotes: Femininity in and of itself - and the feminine - can be not only privileged, but honored or worshipped.

Femininity in and of itself - and the feminine - can be not only privileged, but honored or worshipped.

Jill Soloway quotes: I was the kind of Jew who'd be in a bar, somebody would say it's Yom Kippur, and I'd go, 'Really?'

I was the kind of Jew who'd be in a bar, somebody would say it's Yom Kippur, and I'd go, 'Really?'

Jill Soloway quotes: There's something about the kind of unconditional wild joy of creating that you have with your siblings that I am always trying to get back to.

There's something about the kind of unconditional wild joy of creating that you have with your siblings that I am always trying to get back to.

Jill Soloway quotes: I'm constantly confused about how to dress.

I'm constantly confused about how to dress.

Jill Soloway quotes: I still see storytelling for men by men that is always reinforcing the male gaze.

I still see storytelling for men by men that is always reinforcing the male gaze.

Jill Soloway quotes: I think kids in general are much more capable of understanding the idea of being transgender than adults.

I think kids in general are much more capable of understanding the idea of being transgender than adults.

Jill Soloway quotes: I always wanted to do a family show.

I always wanted to do a family show.

Jill Soloway quotes: I think generational trauma also plays a big part in the reactions to Israeli politics.

I think generational trauma also plays a big part in the reactions to Israeli politics.

Jill Soloway quotes: I love a kind of shambling outsider protagonist who always feels like they're 'other.'

I love a kind of shambling outsider protagonist who always feels like they're 'other.'

Jill Soloway quotes: It's really easy to be funny. You get a lot of funny people in a room, the show is funny.

It's really easy to be funny. You get a lot of funny people in a room, the show is funny.

Jill Soloway quotes: As much as possible, I put my family first.

As much as possible, I put my family first.

Jill Soloway quotes: I'm always going for truth and honesty.

I'm always going for truth and honesty.

Jill Soloway quotes: I like to create a community where people want to come and have a good time and do their best work.

I like to create a community where people want to come and have a good time and do their best work.

Jill Soloway quotes: There is a real comfort with the position of the victim, which can either result in true empathy or deep paranoia.

There is a real comfort with the position of the victim, which can either result in true empathy or deep paranoia.

Jill Soloway quotes: What I have to offer as a writer/director is the stuff with the feeling in it.

What I have to offer as a writer/director is the stuff with the feeling in it.

Jill Soloway quotes: I don't think it's a contradiction to find painfulness funny.

I don't think it's a contradiction to find painfulness funny.

Jill Soloway quotes: So many features at Sundance seemed to be powered more on the director's need to be a director than any particular story.

So many features at Sundance seemed to be powered more on the director's need to be a director than any particular story.

Jill Soloway quotes: I think, because of the Internet, we're not looking at the very, very narrow channels for distribution that there used to be.

I think, because of the Internet, we're not looking at the very, very narrow channels for distribution that there used to be.

Jill Soloway quotes: I've noticed that women are always punished for their sexuality in popular culture.

I've noticed that women are always punished for their sexuality in popular culture.

Jill Soloway quotes: The first time that I saw people actually make the thing that I wrote was my first episode of 'Six Feet Under.' It was called 'Back To The Garden.'

The first time that I saw people actually make the thing that I wrote was my first episode of 'Six Feet Under.' It was called 'Back To The Garden.'

Jill Soloway quotes: The only way things will change will be when we're all wilder, louder, riskier, sillier, unexpectedly overflowing with surprise.

The only way things will change will be when we're all wilder, louder, riskier, sillier, unexpectedly overflowing with surprise.

Jill Soloway quotes: You just have to say over and over again: 'I am a director.' Nobody gives it to you. Nobody anoints you.

You just have to say over and over again: 'I am a director.' Nobody gives it to you. Nobody anoints you.

Jill Soloway quotes: I said to my parents that I don't even know if there should be an Israel. And they were just so upset and hurt.

I said to my parents that I don't even know if there should be an Israel. And they were just so upset and hurt.

Jill Soloway quotes: I just feel like content is content; people want to see it resonate.

I just feel like content is content; people want to see it resonate.

Jill Soloway quotes: I noticed that people were craving a way of reinterpreting tradition and of being Jewish without joining a synagogue.

I noticed that people were craving a way of reinterpreting tradition and of being Jewish without joining a synagogue.

Jill Soloway quotes: My interest in community is what fuels my work as a writer, more than just wanting to write or just wanting to have a TV show.

My interest in community is what fuels my work as a writer, more than just wanting to write or just wanting to have a TV show.