One of the great things about TV is the story to tell can be very internal and really character-based.

What you'll gain is the macro story. You'll get a good command of that. And what you might lose is some of the fun of it.

They say to just write about what's happening in your backyard because that's where you find the most creativity. It's in the DNA of the show. There's no question.

I joked recently that I thought 30 seconds a day for three years would be the best way to enjoy it, and I'm going to stand by that statement.

Violence has not really been an issue. Even in my wildest hopes, I wasn't trying to get violence in.

We mapped out the whole movie, and then worked backwards from that to do these shows. It might not be a movie. It might be something else.

My knee-jerk is that it is comedy and, if you watch them all back-to-back, you will gain something and you will lose something.

Writers need restrictions. If somebody just says, "Hey, do you want to write a novel, or an article, or a movie, or a short story, you get shut down."

Chance favors the well prepared. The more stuff you throw in, the more chances you have of looking like, 'I did that.'

Regret is a tricky word. Here's a big secret: nobody knows what wasn't.

Character is what someone does, much more than who they are. I can be sarcastic or I can be fearful, but it doesn't really matter until there's a story - until someone comes in and holds us hostage.

I'm anti-tax, but I'm pro-carbon tax.

Search for the perfect church if you will; when you find it, join it, and realize that on that day it becomes something less than perfect.

It may be that even if half consciously, we choose our personalities to maintain a certain saving balance in the family's little universe.

India is a continent and should be divided into separate nations. There is no need for a single government.

From my experience, honey, if he seems too good to be true—he probably is.

If you don't think of the future, you won't have one.

Of course much remains to know, but we know how to learn: through scientific research.

It is the population which decides when it's time for a leader to leave, not foreign powers.

Every boy should have two things: a dog and a mother who lets him have one

Basic Economics 101. It's the most complicated simple subject there is.