Oh, God, I don't know what's more difficult, life or the English language.

I'm actually much more shy and self-conscious than people's perception of me.

Mostly I have to try to censor myself so as not to write things that will hurt other people, or that will go too far.

Whether I'm writing scripts or prose, the goal is identical. To give pleasure. Now whether I succeed or not is up for debate, and, mostly, I fail. But I try. I like to make things. It's a way to stay busy during one's ephemeral and confusing life.

I didn't play or like a lot of board games as a child. I liked playing with my G.I. Joes and making up adventures for them.

I enjoy both TV writing and novel writing, and they are very similar. The goal is to entertain and amuse the audience, and I subscribe to this P.G. Wodehouse piece of advice: "Try to give pleasure with every sentence."

I drink coffee. Without coffee, I probably couldnt write.