Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have. Mallory Ortberg ideaweirdlywrite Change image and share on social
Anything where I get to write a lot of jokes and have a lot of creative control - that's all I want. Mallory Ortberg controlcreativejoke Change image and share on social
A lot of my creative energy is spent coming up with a concept that, once I get it, I feel like it writes itself. Mallory Ortberg comeconceptcreative Change image and share on social
One of the things that would be great is to some day have so many women comedy writers that we wouldn't say there's just one type of female humor. There's lots. Mallory Ortberg comedydayfemale Change image and share on social
My parents are both pastors. In the '80s and '90s in the mainstream Christian world, it was not really common for a woman - especially a married woman and a mother - to be a pastor. Mallory Ortberg 80s90schristian Change image and share on social
Usually my writing is very over the top and bombastic and very, like, 'I'm amazing! Look at me!' Mallory Ortberg amazebombastictop Change image and share on social
In the hands of a passive-aggressive person who wants to abdicate responsibility for things, texting is a great tool. You can really go nuts. Mallory Ortberg abdicateaggressivegreat Change image and share on social
The Toast's audience is about 30-35 percent male, which shocked me because I would say that we actively try to discourage men from reading our site. Apparently, there's not insignificant number of dudes out there who think that what we are doing is okay. Mallory Ortberg activelyapparentlyaudience share on social
It certainly was unusual growing up with two fairly well-known pastors as my parents. Mallory Ortberg fairlygrowparent Change image and share on social
