If Mindy Kaling ever gave up being an actress, she would probably make an excellent life coach. Her latest book — Why Not Me? — is jam-packed with amazing quotables, insights, and lessons all women should take stock of and digest.
"I would like to think this experience [of not winning the Emmy] helped me kick off a lifetime of grace and the ability to express happiness for people who are doing well when I am not."
"If someone really wants to see you, they always find a way. Always."
"Throwing a tantrum feels good because you think you are ruining everyone's good time when you feel your very worst. But the truth is, you're not ruining their good time — you're just giving them another good story."
"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."
"If you've got it, flaunt it. And if you don’t got it? Flaunt it. 'Cause what are we even doing here if we’re not flaunting it? . . . "It’s not that I think I'm so great. I just don’t hate myself."