If you go to a network and say, "I wanna do prison stories about black women and Latino women and old women," you're not gonna make a sale. But, if y….

I'm always looking for a nexus, where you can put all these diverse people together, see how they respond to one another, see what they learn about e….

It was enormously challenging because you want that all-American girl, but you also want the cool WASP, privileged white girl. Usually, women in that….

On the other hand, we worked a year on this and some people are going to watch it in a night and go, "We want more!" And there is something I miss ab….

First of all, I find everything funny, which is upsetting to my children sometimes, and to people in my life, in general..

To be able to be there first, I love the pioneer thing. It's exciting to me. And they pay full rate, they're really nice, they support the work, and ….

We did tons of research. We went to visit a prison. We had speakers. We have read tons of supplementary material, books and articles. We are constant….

You want everyone to be a full character. No one is just evil, or very few people are, hopefully. They're characters, so you want to flush them out. ….

But, I like the challenge of, "How can we stretch this out? Where can we go with it?" It's an open road, especially at Netflix. You can take it anywh….

I think a good story, well told is a good story, well told, whether you're watching the episodes all in a row or not. However, it might be fun to tak….

Even during the casting process, the pools of talent are so deep when you have a call for Latin women or black women or a middle-aged woman because t….

As long as there are still interesting stories and still interesting people that we want to meet, I can keep it going. But, we all have to be investe….

I don't set out to write female lead shows, necessarily. I like deeply flawed characters. When they come to me, or when I'm introduced to them, I fol….

I begged her to write a song and she said yes. I am a huge Regina Spektor fan. I think she's a genius and just a lovely soul, and I wanted her voice ….

There's more to us than the moment we made a bad decision..

Piper reads the scripts, and we email a lot. Most of her comments are on the more technical side, like "This wouldn't happen. This is against the rul….

We watched these auditions and could only pick one. Sometimes we would add new characters 'cause we wanted to use another actress. There were so many….

I think my immediate reaction was, "I'm so tired. I need a little more time." But, it was very quickly followed up by excitement. It's very flatterin….

We're also talking a lot in the room about planting seeds that can grow over the course of the season, knowing that people might be watching them in ….

I think shows that are completely dramatic are a lie. People use humor to cope. That is how we deal with things. In the darkest situations, there's h….

You spend so much of your life crafting this stuff that you want to laugh in the room. I don't want to sit there and slit my wrists. And I think it r….