I never feel like a smug or a smart-alec film director, and there are plenty of those around.

It's the way that I think about the world, and the way that I like to tell stories - I don't think you should get too heavy. There's enough out there, in the world, with violence. I think that comedy lightens the heaviness [of the world].

It's the periods and the commas that you have to forget about. The words never change, but the intonations change.

Theatre was an art form that I didn't really respect, and because I wanted to shake it up and do different things on stage, I was able to combine all the things I'd learnt through writing on my own.

The fact that ticket prices are way too expensive, and there's only one bunch of people going to see Broadway shows, is something I've never liked.

I realize that I am never going to grow up.

I won't work on anyone's else's script. I won't write for anyone else. I write my own stuff and make that when the time is right.