Bill Cosby spoke out against The Simpsons and there was this kind of evangelical, right-wing sect that was against The Simpsons. Fox was a new network at the time, though, so they were going to take risks.

If the crowd is full of assholes, it's no fun. If the crowd is cool, it's great.

Let's hit the joke once and move on to the next joke and just keep it where we have as many jokes per square inch as possible.

If there's an intelligence behind the joke - - it's a good joke.

I care a lot; I'm very sensitive.

I feel like we put all the weight on the president, rather than distributing the weight to all of the elected officials.

You can't really feel the direct change from one president to another versus people closer to you in local elections.