I do not think stress is a legitimate topic of conversation, in public anyway. No one ever wants to hear how stressed anyone else is, because most of the time everyone is stressed out. Going on and on in detail about how stressed I am isn't conversation. It'll never lead anywhere.

— Mindy Kaling

I don’t really like organizations where people are “deemed” things.

— 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. Furthermore, I want to see you guys high-five each other like teammates on a recreational softball team you both do for fun.

— Mindy Kaling

I especially like eavesdropping on women my age. Besides being titillating, it also helps me gauge where I'm at in comparison.

— Mindy Kaling

I feel lucky because I was a nerd, which I talk about in the book, but I had academic success, so through that, because that's what my parents put a great deal of value on, I had a great childhood because I sort of fulfilled the expectations of being good at school.

— Mindy Kaling

If I can give one bit of advice to any drama major, high school theater kid, or inmate who is reading this in a prison library with dreams of being cast in the prison play, its this: write your own part. It is the only way I've gotten anywhere. It is much harder work, but sometimes you have to take destiny into your own hands.

— Mindy Kaling

. I find it incredible impossible not to cry when I hear Stevie Nicks's "Landslide," especially the lyric: "I've been afraid of changing, because I've built my life around you." I think a good test to see if a human is actually a robot/android/Ceylon is to have them listen to this song lyric and study their reaction. If they don't cry, you should stab them through the heart. You will find a fuse box.

— Mindy Kaling

If someone called me chubby, it would no longer be something that kept me up late at night. Being called fat is not like being called stupid or unfunny, which is the worst thing you could ever say to me. Do I envy Jennifer Hudson for being able to lose all that weight and look smokin’ hot? Of course, yes. Do I sometimes look at Gisele Bündchen and wonder how awesome life would be if I never had to wear Span? Duh, of course. That’s kind of the point of Gisele Bündchen. And maybe I will, once or twice, for a very short period of time. But on the list of things I want to do in my lifetime, that’s not near the top. I mean, it’s not near the bottom either. I’d say it’s right above “Learn to drive a Vespa,” but several notches below “film a chase scene for a movie.

— Mindy Kaling

If you believe in yourself and work hard, your dreams will come

— Mindy Kaling

If you believe in yourself and work hard, your dreams will come true

— Mindy Kaling