'The Office' is less a comedy than so many other "comedies" that have been on the air. It's really about the balance between what is real and what is comic.

I'm a believer in trusting the director.

Mindy Kaling gets her own line in the acknowledgments, as previously negotiated by her representatives. Thanks, Mindy. I love you and you're the best.

Regret is just perfectionism plus time.

I do not have very much office experience.

Battered Women: sounds delicious. Doesn’t make it right.

If people are well paid for reality television and cotton candy and dunking a basketball, why can't they be well paid for changing young minds?