Launching a new TV show is probably one of the most difficult things that a writer can do.

I love that Voltaire was so willing to shock his readers with arbitrary cruelty. And I can completely relate to it.

I had a bumper sticker on my car for a long time that said, "Kill your television." People helpfully pointed out that I was a total fraud because I was a television writer.

I guess I started to realize that being an agnostic was such a wimpy position.

If there's reason for hope, it lies in man's occasional binges of cooperation. To save our planet, we'll need that kind of heroic effort, in which all types of people join forces for the common good

There's a built-up tension in religion, and if you can release it, you'll get a huge and satisfying laugh.

It was peculiar to be standing so close to him. He's just a man, but still, what a thing to be Neil Armstrong!