I always thought it was important to overdeliver, and when I got one of my first jobs, writing jokes for Garry Shandling when he was hosting the Grammys, I stayed up all night and wrote a hundred jokes, and I thought, "I'm always going to be the person that gives them more than they requested, and that's why they'll want to keep me around."

I think watching too much TV as a kid led me to being very uncomfortable in new situations. To this day, when I drop my kids off at school, I still feel like I'm in 9th grade and I'm uncomfortable and insecure. Like anyone is paying any attention.

The first comedians I became fascinated with were the Marx brothers. I couldn't get enough of them. Later in life, I thought, "Well, maybe it's because they were so rebellious and they were just flipping the bird to society and all the rules we're supposed to follow." They were saying that none of it is fair.

It's what I always dreamed of: that you can make TV and everyone would get out of your way and you follow your vision without watering it down.

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

I often say that ... I'm just involved in comedy, so I can be around it.

I think it's fun to have people see everything at once, and then I think certain shows are very well-suited to being on every week and being spread out over months.