We started gearing our content more to what makes us laugh and stories we wanted to tell, and we had to decide, early on, to not be precious about it.

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.

Emotion is not what makes us weak. It's what makes us human, The ability to care, even if people often do not.

Singing for a documentary that benefits the underprivileged remains one of my biggest dreams.

A kitsch novel describes the world not as it really is, but as it is hoped and feared to be.

The American Way is an amalgam of our compassion, our strengths, our failings and our attempts to build a better world, a more perfect union.

You may have occasion to possess or use material things, but the secret of life lies in never missing them.

Cupid "the little greatest god."

What excuses stand in your way? How can you eliminate them?

The whole world is watching America, and America is watching TV.

Acts of virtue ripen into habits; and the goodly and permanent result is the formation or establishment of a virtuous character.

The argument [behind climate change] is absolute crap. However, the politics of this are tough for us. Eighty per cent of people believe climate change is a real and present danger.