Most comedians weren't great athletes; that was the way they got noticed in high school.

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.

You know everyone loves a palace.

The trouble with modern education is you never know how ignorant they are.

Body and soul: a horse harnessed beside an ox.

We [with Frank Moore Cross] have the same fervor, the same passion when in front of us is a page, a unique page - every page is unique - of the Pentateuch.

Stress will either drive you crazy or drive you to your knees. It depends on who is in control of your life.

If you aren't sure who you are, you might as well work on who you want to be.

I understand the Second Amendment. I support it. People have the right to bear arms.

I was silent as a child, and silenced as a young woman; I am taking my lumps and bumps for being a big mouth, now, but usually from those whose opinion I don't respect.

There is no such thing as work-life balance. There is work, there is life, and there is no balance.

Work eight hours a day for a living and many more hours a day making movies and you'll work all your life to be a success overnight.