Abbi Jacobson

We love to start from a real place, whether it's us or our friends or working on a story from a writer's friend.

When I was in high school, my mom worked at Bed, Bath and Beyond, so I was always there.

I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.

My own theory is that we are in the middle of a dramatic and broad technological and economic shift in which software companies are poised to take over large swathes of the economy.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.