The form came out of the function because it is for the audience that already knows the show, while hoping to get a new audience, too.

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.

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

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.

If you want to look after your shadow, you just have to look after yourself, that will do!

The opposite of anger is not calmness, its empathy.

Everybody values their train, but they want to zero-out other people's trains.

The reason we race isn't so much to beat each other... but to be with each other.

George W. Bush has a new campaign slogan: "A reformer with results." I don't know what it means [but] I think it's better than his old campaign slogan: "A dumb guy with connections.

Being wise doth either make men our friends or discourage them from being our enemies.

Up to now I've done everything I've wanted to do the way I wanted to do myself.

I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.

But the life that no longer trust another human being and no longer forms ties to the political community is not a human life any longer.

We have the opportunity to provide the first FDA reviewed and approved over-the-counter option that can help people lose weight and make changes to their lifestyle and diet.