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Writing a book is the most terrifying thing that I've ever done. It's so much harder than writing for television because it is a completely different skill set.

Mindy Kaling

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Mindy Kaling
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: June 24
Actor
Actress
Comedian
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Showrunner
Television Actor
Television Producer
Voice Actor
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Vera Mindy Chokalingam
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I hated L.A. for a long time, and I wanted to leave it. I had these fantasies of going to 'SNL' and falling in love with some writer on 'SNL,' of getting married and living in New York.
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Sometimes I eavesdrop on people. I could rationalize it - oh, this is good anthropological research for characters I'm writing - but it's basically just nosiness. It also helps me gauge where I'm at: Am I normal?
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