I was really surprised when I started working and realized that you're actually on your own, a lot of the time. It makes you really responsible, as a…

- Zoe Kazan

And then the really awful thing is that at the end of the day after crying and experiencing things, then you look at what you've written and you're l…

- Zoe Kazan

My hero is Michelle Williams, who I grew close to when we did 'Meek's Cutoff.' She's an extraordinary actor and mom.

- Zoe Kazan

I'm not that interested in writing for myself. That's not where my impetus as a writer comes from.

- Zoe Kazan

When I'm writing, I look like a fool because the parts are moving through me and I'm crying and laughing and making faces.

- Zoe Kazan

I think action should be revealed through character, so if you have a plot problem, it's probably a character problem.

- Zoe Kazan

Part of the challenge of being a girl living in the 21st Century, looking back, the danger is to not judge your character by your own standards.

- Zoe Kazan

Nothing's going to come to you by sitting around and waiting for it.

- Zoe Kazan

You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow.

- Zoe Kazan