If you develop 10 things, and you can get two or three made, that's a very high ration.

My way of dealing with the world has always been to make fun of it and observe it but not take part in it.That's how I became a writer. But when you have kids, suddenly you have to be part of things. It leads almost to a breakdown because your whole defense mechanism is now really destructive.

I always felt as a kid that I was underappreciated, invisible or weird, but I've always secretly thought people would one day appreciate what is different about me. I'm always putting that message out there.

Television is much more difficult because at every moment, the network can force you to change things based on their belief about what would make it popular. You’re in a constant debate with a gun to your head, and the gun is cancellation. So it’s hard to win the arguments.

Most comedians weren't great athletes; that was the way they got noticed in high school.

[My] dream writers room: "'Taxi.' I need to write for someone named Judd."

I'm making a movie about relationships, and I'm surrounded by guys scared of talking to girls.