We need narrative; it feeds us in a particular way, and deconstructing it completely before you've actually experienced it, I think it leaves us unfed.

If I had created reality television I would have had a much greater influence, but then I would have had to KILL MYSELF.

I love all genres. The only thing I get stymied by is the Family Drama. I don't necessarily know how to approach that.

I get recognized just often enough to keep my ego bouncing along, but not so much that I can't go places.

In TV, there's so much compromise, it does start to grate a bit. But if you're a writer or an actor, it really is the place to be.

You know, I always was an early morning or late night writer. Early morning was my favorite; late night was because you had a deadline. And at four in the morning you make up some of your most absurd jokes.

I think there's a possibility that comic book movies are getting a tiny bit better on the one hand because they're no longer made by executives, who are, you know, ninety-year-old bald tailors with cigars, going, 'The kids love this!'