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

I tend to look at the world more from Voltaire's perspective. Incidentally, if you haven't read Candide lately, it's a fabulous book. It's riotously, laugh-out-loud funny in a way that no Shakespeare comedy will ever be.

Men often struggle with their attraction to other women. They don't quite understand why they have to be with the same woman forever.

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

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.

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

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