Advertising is a conscienceless industry, populated by cowards and idiots, that warps and drains everyone. It eggs on the worst in all of us. If I could eliminate either advertising or nuclear weapons, I would choose advertising.

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.

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

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

I don't remember a lot of what I write. I try to release it after it's out there so that I can be fresh again.

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

It was peculiar to be standing so close to him. He's just a man, but still, what a thing to be Neil Armstrong!