I did improv at Yale, with the Exit Players. It was great, but they played a little rough.

I looked back at some high school journals and discovered that I definitely wanted to be a writer, but not necessarily comedy.

I've met a surprising number of comedy writers whose parents are scientists. Both have an antiauthoritarian slant - they're both skeptics.

I do love science. My father is a scientist.

The morning, when I need to have opinions and answers across the board very quickly, is a constant fight between ease and inspiration, what will make our lives easier versus what will make us excited because we were ambitious.

Women are often pushed into the idea that they write softer, more character-driven jokes.

In high school, I was performing "forensics." You take a section of a play and portray all the characters. I even went to camp for forensics.