What's important is passion, investment, and people laughing out loud as they work.

Everyone knows that there are more people watching any given show than is being registered by the Nielsen system.

I expect the audience to assume TV is stupid. I accept that it's my job to overcome it.

It's so difficult to write good music. It's also really difficult to think about how to do it without violating the sanctity of the fourth wall.

With an animated show you can make a banana purple. You can put three hats on a cowboy. That would require several days of stitching, in live-action, that you wouldn't be able to afford. I mean, you can just do tons and tons and tons.

I was playing the game where I was going to be a great TV or film writer some day and there was nothing else that I thought about, including other people.

Always hedge your bets. That's how I do it. I lay all my bets on what I can contribute, and suffer no illusions that I'm generating stuff by myself.