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

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.

When people have no interest in a subject, it's very hard to get them to laugh about it.

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

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

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

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