- Little House on the Prairie and M*A*S*H were two of the dramas Amy watched as a child.
- Among the food that she likes and loves are vanilla ice cream, orange jam, apples with chocolate, and plain muffins.
- Amy writes with both left and right hand.
- Amy does not participate in the electoral process.
- Amy is the daughter of a still-active Borscht Belt-style comedian to whom she attributes her distinctive ear for rapid-fire dialogue.
- Amy drinks a lot of black coffee. She enjoys Italian wine.
- Amy collects ceramic dolls and likes classic-style furniture.
- Amy likes basketball and is a huge fan of the Chicago Bulls. She also enjoys playing golf.
- She has black hair and black eyes.
- Amy admits to having fallen in love only once, and that is to her husband Daniel Palladino, whom she considers to be her inspiration.
- When she was at high school she didn't have many friends.
- Amy reads about three books a week. She as over 4000 books in her library. She is able to read upside-down.
- Amy does not know how to ride a bike. She also has a fear of flying.
- Her name Amy Sherman-Palladino was given to her to make her seem like she was an important writer during her early years in the business.
- She has a Labrador dog.
- Amy has influenced the style of Miss Patty, in Gilmore Girls.
- Amy also wrote episodes for Roseanne where she was credited as Amy Sherman.
- Amy: The thing about The Sopranos is those characters are just brilliant. The fact that you could be so chilled and afraid of this man yet so adore and love him, it's an amazing testament to the incredible writing and beautiful performances.
- Amy: Families constantly change and evolve and die and have a stroke and slam the door and 'I hate you' and 'I love you,' that can go on forever. You never solve problems with a family. With a cop, he eventually retires.
- Amy: (comparing her "Gilmore Girls" characters to her and her husband) I think a lot of Lorelai's viewpoints are my viewpoints. But I'm a Jewish kid from the Valley. These are two WASPy kids from Connecticut. It's more like human aspects - there are certain aspects of Rory that are similar to my husband. He's organized. He loves to make lists. It takes us 12 years to buy a radio, because he has to investigate.
- Amy: One of my great regrets is that I didn't go to college. I had very little patience for school, and it was never stressed in my household.
- Amy: To be really good, you have to be willing to have everybody in the world hate you.
- Amy: (Jack Bauer is the main character of the action-suspense series "24") Oh, I love that Jack Bauer - I think he'd make a great guy for Lorelai, and think of him sitting at the stuffy Gilmore parents' dinner table!
- Amy: (on ending "Gilmore Girls") We have a very specific idea of how we wanted the series to ultimately end, and there's a myriad of ways to get there, which could have accommodated another few seasons.
- Amy: We try not to teach any lessons. I have no interest in trying to tell people how to lead their lives.
- Amy: The wonderful thing about a family show is that until everybody is dead in the family, there’s always a story to tell.
- Amy: There was a time when women ruled the airwaves - Murphy Brown, Roseanne, Mary Tyler Moore. Not enough women are writing television... If you're too strong or too opinionated, they consider that not as feminine.
- Amy: These television shows that have 14 shots of somebody looking at each other with the wind blowing through their hair drive me insane.
- Amy: I grew up in the Valley, and I didn't know any of our neighbors. I think when you grow up like that, there's always sort of a fantasy of a place where everybody knew each other, and you had that safe sort of feeling.
