There's absolutely no way that something I do on my own is going to be seen in Malaysia.

I don't like the antagonism that most religions have for science, and freedom and, frankly, individuality. I do like the Dalai Lama.

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

You have to respect people's suffering. To deny that the world is unfair and painful for most of the people living in it would be false and judgmental.

For me, marriage is a grotesque, unforgiving, clunky contrivance. Yet society pushes it as a shimmering ideal.

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 resisted parenthood for a long, long time. But having a daughter has given me a sense of hopefulness that I didn't have before.