I think of myself as a real writer, not just someone who dabbles in it, so I deserve some credit.

I'd like to think I'd never do a gratuitous fart joke.

I had a lot of fun working with John Candy. We had a pretty good rapport.

We tell our kids that policemen are good and God protects us and our country is noble, and at a certain point - and for some it comes quite early, five or six years old - we start to realize that it's all a facade.

I did a comedy with Al Franken about his character Stuart Smalley, which was really about alcoholism and addiction and codependency. It had some painful stuff in it. When we showed it to focus groups, some of them actually said, "If I want to see a dysfunctional family, I'll stay home."

No one will laugh at how great things are for somebody.

Most people live somewhere on the spectrum of anxiety and depression.