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.

There's not many good comedies to watch - you know, comedies that make you glad you watched them.

Regret is just perfectionism plus time.

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?

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.