Elite is not a bad word, it's an aspirational one.

The guy who wins the Oscar for Best Actor has a much higher bar to clear than the woman who wins best actress.

I would love for people to think that I am as quick, clever, smart and heroic as the characters that I write, but those characters are characters.

Socializing on the internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality.

Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word 'census', and people fall asleep.

If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.

I think it's up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch.