Mindy Kaling

"True love is singing karaoke 'Under Pressure' and letting the other person sing the Freddie Mercury part."

- Mindy Kaling

""True love is singing karaoke 'Under Pressure' and letting the other person sing the Freddie Mercury part.""

- Mindy Kaling

"Motherhood is basically finding activities for children in three-hour pockets of time for the rest of your life."

- Mindy Kaling

"I figure if I’m gonna be a mess, I might as well be a hot mess."

- Mindy Kaling

"‘Best friend’ isn’t a person—it’s a tier."

- Mindy Kaling

"One friend with whom you have a lot in common is better than three with whom you struggle to find things to talk about."

- Mindy Kaling

"I don't want to hear about the endless struggles to keep sex exciting or the work it takes to plan a date night. I want to hear that you guys watch every episode of The Bachelorette together in secret shame or that one got the other hooked on Breaking Bad, and if either watches it without the other, they're dead meat."

- Mindy Kaling

"'Best friend' isn’t a person—it’s a tier."

- Mindy Kaling

"People get scared when you try to do something, especially when it looks like you’re succeeding. People do not get scared when you’re failing. It calms them. But when you’re winning, it makes them feel like they’re losing or, worse yet, that maybe they should've tried to do something too, but now it’s too late. And since they didn’t, they want to stop you. You can’t let them."

- Mindy Kaling

"What’s so wrong with effort, anyway? It means you care."

- Mindy Kaling

"“What’s so wrong with effort, anyway? It means you care.”"

- Mindy Kaling

"Work hard, know your s—t, show your s—t, and then feel entitled."

- Mindy Kaling

"People talk about confidence without ever bringing up hard work. That’s a mistake."

- Mindy Kaling

"Work hard, know your s—t, show your s—t and then feel entitled."

- Mindy Kaling

"Don’t trust any one story of how to become successful."

- Mindy Kaling

"People talk about confidence without ever bringing up hard work. That’s a mistake. I know I sound like some dour older spinster on Downton Abbey who has never felt a man’s touch and whose heart has turned to stone, but I don’t understand how you could have self-confidence if you don’t do the work… Because confidence is like respect; you have to earn it."

- Mindy Kaling

"But I sort of refuse to be an outsider, even though I know that I very much look like one to a lot of people, and I refuse to view myself in such terms."

- Mindy Kaling

"People talk about confidence without ever bringing up hard work. That’s a mistake. I know I sound like some dour older spinster... Because confidence is like respect; you have to earn it."

- Mindy Kaling

"One friend with whom you have a lot in common is better than three with whom you struggle to find things to talk about. We never needed best friend gear because I guess with real friends you don't have to make it official. It just is."

- Mindy Kaling

""Understand that one day you will have the power to make a difference, so use it well.""

- Mindy Kaling

"Understand that one day you will have the power to make a difference, so use it well."

- Mindy Kaling

"If you don’t see a clear path for what you want, sometimes you have to make it yourself."

- Mindy Kaling

"I can't for the life of me not eat something that I want to eat. You know how if you turned on a faucet in your sink to wash your hands, the idea of leaving the bathroom without turning it off is insane? That's how I am about ignoring delicious food."

- Mindy Kaling

"“If you don’t see a clear path for what you want, sometimes you have to make it yourself.”"

- Mindy Kaling

"If you don't see a clear path for what you want, sometimes you have to make it yourself."

- Mindy Kaling

"Gratitude is the closest thing to beauty manifested in an emotion."

- Mindy Kaling

"30 is when you truly start to come into your own. Embrace your individuality, follow your passions, and never settle for anything less than what you deserve."

- Mindy Kaling

"I don't need anyone to take care of all my needs and desires. I can take care of them myself now."

- Mindy Kaling

"There is no sunrise so beautiful that it is worth waking me up to see it."

- Mindy Kaling