I think that you can make a drama and have it be intensely funny, and vice versa.

Dogs are more of a responsibility than kids - you can send a kid off to their grandparents or a nanny, but with a dog you can't do that.

You can maybe be artistic and really original and creative, but as long as it's got that funniness at the root of it, then certain people are going to love it just because they need a laugh.

My dad was in the army so we moved around a lot and I changed schools every year and had to make new friends, and I found that if I was the funny guy I could do that easier.

To open the majority of peoples' minds to something new is difficult. I always think that, as long as it's funny underneath, then you can argue that a teaspoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.

There are no real guidelines or maps in Australia as to how to write a show, whereas in Hollywood it's where the TV industry is created and there's a lot of work that goes into development.

I often don't like seeing how different things are made. I'm not a big fan of behind the scenes stuff.

I'm sort lucky in that for me, I'm a writer now. I started as an actor but I'm a writer and so things like 'Wilfred' and shows like that are where I escape to.

It's great to write for actors when you know who they are. I think I prefer it.

British comedy - which has been a big inspiration to me for many years - is very different to Australian comedy and different again to American comedy.

Back in Australia, I did foster care for sick cats for years, and I was always most successful with the animals when I was given two - a brother and sister.

Males lack the seriousness of temperament required of persons with such great responsibilities.

Three lights should be fine." - Zachary"Aye, well if it wis me, I'd want a bloody lighthoose beacon comin' oot o' my arse." - True MacDonald

Some books are drenchèd sandsOn which a great soul's wealth lies all in heaps,Like a wrecked argosy.

The Bulls talked to just about every person who ever met me.

The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.

When you're making a film, you have an obligation to fill the frame with life.

I don't want to get pigeonholed, and I want to try my hand at anything that excites me. I'm not just a Disney writer.

Purity and stillness give the correct law to all under heaven.

I think I did everything possible known to any mayor in the country as it relates to saving lives.

To give up your individuality is to annihilate yourself.