I wrote for Roseanne. I wrote her stand-up act with her. I wrote with Tom Arnold. There was a period when I was working with them pretty steadily. But I would take brief gigs here and there.

Don't be a jerk. Try to love everyone. Give more than you take. And do it despite the fact that you only really like about seven out of 500 people.

College is the reward for surviving high school. Most people have great fun stories from college and nightmare stories from high school.

Eventually, the nerds and the geeks will have their day.

For me, until I know that the audience really gets what I'm trying to communicate I'm not done.

In the writing, I'm just trying to go deeper, emotionally, and learn more about myself and reveal more and find a way to connect with people in new ways.

We are at this weird moment where there's an economic model that supports creativity. People are demanding something new and fresh.

I am always driven by the terror of humiliation.

Every joke is an experiment. When you sit, alone, and write a script, or just a joke, you really have no idea if it will succeed.

I think that everything I do tends to root for the underdog.

The audience doesn't care that most of happened. They just want a good movie.

Time: the Ever-flowing pen of God.

Marriage . . . is not a love affair

I could have coached better.

Who can really be faithful in great things if he has not learned to be faithful in the things of daily life?

I've been dancing my entire life. Jazz, hip hop, ballet. And then there's tap dancing. I love to tap.

I think that the success of the film is as much about it being something that families could share as anything else.

There are opportunities around. It takes time and motivation to take them.

I was born to be your rival,' she [Anne] said simply. 'And you mine. We're sisters, aren't we?

Capitalism should not be condemned, since we haven't had capitalism.

Changes don't happen in the world by playing it safe, taking risks is the way to change the world.