A lot of people come to L.A. looking for something. What I came here for, I realize now, is to be okay with myself.

For a while, some schools across the country were banning spelling bees. For obvious reasons, of course - steroids

Much of television has been homogenized in the desire to avoid annoying or upsetting people.

I am probably a pseudo-intellectual.

School did give me one of the greatest gifts of my life, though. I learned how to read, and for that I remain thankful. I would have died otherwise. As soon as I was able, I read, alone. Under the covers with a flashlight or in my corner of the attic—I sought solace in books. It was from books that I started to get an inkling of the kinds of assholes I was dealing with. I found allies too, in books, characters my age who were going through or had triumphed against the same bullshit.

Here at CBS, spring also means March Madness. I love the name March Madness. I'm glad the PC police haven't made us change March Madness to early spring psychosis.

The truth is, you win the Lotto. That's really how you have to approach it. You're a lottery winner when you get a sitcom and it goes.