{"author":"Mindy Kaling","author_id":"Mindy+Kaling","total_quotes":74,"quotes":[{"text":"No one ever wants to hear how stressed out anyone else is, because most of the time everyone is stressed out. Going on and on in detail about how stressed out I am isn’t conversation. It’ll never lead anywhere. No one is going to say, “Wow, Mindy, you really have it especially bad. I have heard some stories of stress, but this just takes the cake.","author":"Mindy Kaling","tags":["humor","stress","truth"],"id":6773,"author_id":"Mindy+Kaling"},{"text":"On 'The Office,' so much of the show is about disguising your true feelings and your romantic feelings because it was a mock documentary.","author":"Mindy Kaling","tags":["true","feelings","office "],"id":11248,"author_id":"Mindy+Kaling"},{"text":"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. I want to see you guys high-five each other like teammates on a recreational softball team you both do for fun.","author":"Mindy Kaling","tags":["marriage"],"id":15529,"author_id":"Mindy+Kaling"},{"text":"I have such a rich fantasy life, I can't help it. I do make up a lot of romantic stories in my head.","author":"Mindy Kaling","tags":["life","help","rich "],"id":17255,"author_id":"Mindy+Kaling"},{"text":"My relationship with my mom is really the single most profound relationship that I've ever had in my life.","author":"Mindy Kaling","tags":["life","relationship","my life "],"id":42604,"author_id":"Mindy+Kaling"},{"text":"Just bear a passing resemblance to a fictional romantic trope I like and I will love you forever. We're all just trying to find the Mark Darcy of our workplace, aren't we?","author":"Mindy Kaling","tags":["humor","love","relationships","soulmates"],"id":46206,"author_id":"Mindy+Kaling"},{"text":"Later, when you're grown up, you realize you never really get to hang out with your family. You pretty much have only eighteen years to spend with them full time, and that's it.","author":"Mindy Kaling","tags":["childhood","family"],"id":51407,"author_id":"Mindy+Kaling"},{"text":"I try not to put anything political on the forefront of what I'm trying to do creatively. At the same time, I do think it's wonderful when I hear people say that it's inspirational that I'm an Indian woman on camera. My life is very diverse, and my friends are a diverse group of people.","author":"Mindy Kaling","tags":["life","time","friends "],"id":54082,"author_id":"Mindy+Kaling"},{"text":"I really think guys only need two pairs of shoes. A nice pair of black shoes and a pair of Chuck Taylors.","author":"Mindy Kaling","tags":["chuck-taylors","guys","men","mindy-kaling","shoes"],"id":55138,"author_id":"Mindy+Kaling"},{"text":"What I didn't need was some hot-and-cold long-distance flake wasting my time. It hurt my feelings and made me feel like something was wrong with me.","author":"Mindy Kaling","tags":["dating"],"id":58540,"author_id":"Mindy+Kaling"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":74,"pages":8,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}