Just expressing contempt for your leaders doesn't really accomplish anything.

Stand-up is every man for himself; you learn from hanging out at these clubs and watching other guys, and then trying not to be like them.

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

You don't have to know much, just a little bit more than everybody else.

Most comedies are calculated. They tend to pander. They're not about anything important.

There's something very edgy about Bill Murray out there improvising.

I always think that the writer is doing the vast majority of the director's work, in a sense. If you're a writer who is also going to direct, you're doing all your preparation: You're already visualizing everything, you're imagining how the lines are going to be read, you see the blocking in your head, and you know the rhythm and the pacing.