The most exciting thing I aspire to do is to write something new that I know is going to work, or perform something that I know is going to make people laugh.

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.

It's not always enough to be brave, I realized years later. You have to be brave and contribute something positive, too. Brave on its own is just a party trick.

The most exciting thing I aspire to do is to write something new that I know is going to work, or perform something that I know is going to make people laugh.

I think it's better to not know certain things. It gives the world an extra bit of mystery, which is important to us as human beings.

'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.

Regret is just perfectionism plus time.