I love to musicalize things. You do employ a whole level of gravity. You use the emotional heft of music.

Sometimes I wish I could get fired.

Do goofy stories make people nice? What if, in their goofiness, these stories somehow inspire that in the right way. Is that a social good?

Cutting carbs, fats, or calories (dieting) is like trying to hold your breath. The longer you do it, the more your body resists it until you finally gasp for air – taking in more than ever to overcome the short-term deficit you induced.

It is like football with coaches, like, 'We're only going to think about the next game.' It is really true, all you think is, 'Okay, we have to make a good next episode.'

In our show, there's usually a comeuppance. Or, if not, it's an anti-ending. And you're supposed to get that.

I've been to China and Russia, and I don't know anything about Chinese or Soviet relations.