The first stop on this crazy train is Kindergarten Junction, and nobody gets off until it pulls into Harvard Station.

I think one of the good things about writing novels is that you always start from scratch.

Ruthless concern with story is what I learned in television.

Mad About You fit my sensibility the most of any show that I worked on, and as a result, it was really fun. It felt like a very natural fit.

You come out into the world after a season of TV and you're just swearing and saying mean things to people and they're looking at you like, Who are you? And oh yeah, you think, I have to reacclimate to the way people genuinely treat each other.

One of the main reasons I don't like leaving the house is because I might find myself face to face with a Canadian.

Hovering over me was the Chihuly chandelier. Chihulys are the pigeons of Seattle. They're everywhere and even if they don't get in your way, you can't help but build up a kind of antipathy toward them.