I have nothing but respect for the purist who won't work for the pharaoh. But I'm not that strong.

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

Experience as much as you can and absorb a lot of reality. Otherwise, your writing will have the force of a Wiffle ball.

I'm a pessimist, but I have many painstakingly applied coats of optimism.

When people have no interest in a subject, it's very hard to get them to laugh about it. If I had to write ten jokes about potholders, I don't think I could do it. But I could write ten jokes about Catholicism in the next twenty minutes.

Life is challenging for everyone. If someone can believe that he's a sovereign in his tiny domain, it's just an adaptation to life.

I have a deep suspicion of social institutions and tradition in general.