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

The most oblivious people are often the happiest.

I'm not religious. I do have a baby - a four-month old girl - and that's a religion in itself.

I was brought up Catholic and, of course, I strayed and repudiated it. That's a painful thing to go through, because you have to look back and realize that you wasted a gigantic chunk of your life.

I don't like that The Simpsons are spokespeople for Burger King and MasterCard and Butterfinger. In the first Gulf War, I was really upset that the Simpsons characters were being drawn on tanks and bombs. But those are things that I don't control.

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

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