I think it's always important for academics to study popular culture, even if the thing they are studying is idiotic. If it's successful or made a dent in culture, then it is worthy of study to find out why.

Absolutely eat dessert first. The thing that you want to do the most, do that.

I set out in television with one simple goal: to purchase a Russian bride. Didn't work out. Immigration stuff - it's complicated.

I generally think that Hillary Clinton is a good egg and a good politician.

What's plan b?' 'We all die now.' 'What's plan c?

'The Sixth Sense' is fine the second time around, but honestly, the first time around, it's dazzling.

I think Spider-Man [film], the first one particularly, really figured out the formula of, "Oh, tell the story that they told in the comic. It was compelling. That's why it's iconic."