If you want to write for T.V. and movies, you will be subjected to kind and unkind criticism. You had better get used to it and develop a shell.

- Anne Beatts

There was this real fear in doing Square Pegs after getting such a fast ride to glory on Saturday Night Live. I was afraid that the word would be pea…

- Anne Beatts

I was lucky that when Lorne Michaels came looking for women comedy writers, there werent too many in New York at the time. I was at the top of a very…

- Anne Beatts

I have a theory about American men -- I think they think women are boys who don't know how to throw a ball very well. American women are forced into …

- Anne Beatts

In some ways, what I need is a wife.

- Anne Beatts

I'm often accused of 'going too far,' but I recognize that behind my desire to shock is an even stronger desire to evade the 'feminine' stereotype: '…

- Anne Beatts

If you want to do something, try it! The worst anyone you ask for help can do is say no.

- Anne Beatts

The wonderful thing about Gilda Radner was that she was not a person who disappointed.

- Anne Beatts

I just wanted to fit in as a teenager, but it was hopeless.

- Anne Beatts