Jane Wagner
Overview
 
Jane Wagner is an American writer, director and producer. Wagner is best known as Lily Tomlin
Lily Tomlin
Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin is an American actress, comedienne, writer, and producer. Tomlin has been a major force in American comedy since the late 1960's when she began a career as a stand up comedian and became a featured performer on television's Laugh-in...

's comedy writer, collaborator and life partner
Life partner
A life partner is a romantic or otherwise very close friend for life. The partners can be of the same or opposite sexes, married or unmarried, and monogamous or polyamorous....

.

She is the author of The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, The Incredible Shrinking Woman
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
The Incredible Shrinking Woman is a 1981 science fiction/comedy film, starring Lily Tomlin, Charles Grodin, Ned Beatty, John Glover and Elizabeth Wilson, and directed by Joel Schumacher. The film was written by Tomlin's longtime life partner and frequent collaborator, Jane Wagner. The original...

and other Tomlin vehicles.
Wagner was born and raised in Morristown, Tennessee
Morristown, Tennessee
Morristown is a city in, and the county seat of, Hamblen County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 29,137 at the 2010 United States Census. It is the principal city of the Morristown, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Grainger, Hamblen and Jefferson counties...

, where she quickly developed a penchant for writing. She attended Morristown High School, where she wrote for the school newspaper.
Quotations

Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.

"Trudy"

Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it....

"Trudy"

Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.

"Trudy"

When you're dancing the mystical dance of the molecules, you're not the one who's leading.

"Trudy"

It's my belief we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain.

"Trudy"

All my life, I've always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific.

"Chrissy"

If I had known what it would be like to have it all... I might have been willing to settle for less.

"Lyn"

Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination.

As "Chrissy"

No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up.

Lily Tomlin|Lily

I bet the worst part about dying is the part where your whole life passes before you.

 
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