Topical-sketch writing were incredibly rational and well reasoned: don't do a joke if the subject doesn't deserve it. An ad hominem attack on someone might get you a cheap laugh, but it doesn't earn you any long-term trust. The biggest rule was: you attack whoever's in power. Don't bring your personal bias to the table.

One of the worst things you could do in that world is curse at someone.

I would far rather add a character who generates strong feelings than someone who just kind of floats along, generating medium-warmth smiles of gentle affirmation.

The best shows are always the ones that are very, very low-concept and just about great characters.

I am not on Facebook. I'm not on Instagram. I only use Twitter, which I wish I didn't.

I stopped using Twitter for a while just because I got sick of it and I started using it again, but I don't check the "mentions."

You can't just sit around in leopard-print slippers and drink champagne all day and think everything's gonna work out somehow.