I am a collaborator with everyone who agrees that I need to be in control. I happily collaborate with my loyalists.

I'm from Wisconsin so I always feel a little nauseous about begging and trying to trick people into liking me.

Audiences, as they get smaller, can intensify their relationship with the product, and so can the creative relationship with the people that you are serving. The good news is that, the more shows there are, the less the conglomerates have to gain by breaking the will of each individual creative.

If your ratings are high and there’s money being made, you’re allowed to be a perfectionist in television.

Technology changes the medium. I grew up on watching a box in my living room that made my parents happy. After something is gone, the dust will settle and I'll see what's next.

Find your voice, shout it from the rooftops, and keep doing it until the people that are looking for you find you.

Everything I do, in the middle of it, I lose all objectivity. The business of comedy is kind of ridiculous in that respect. Your job is to have a lot of fun in a jar, then sell it. There's something inherently illogical and impossible about that, but that being said, this is as good as it gets.