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

In a weird way, it's not different from any other kind of joke-telling. You make those calculations about jokes about celebrities: is this a fair hit or not? The stakes were higher because the whole world was crumbling around us, but in terms of joke-telling, it's all about feel.

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

For storytelling purposes, there has to be conflict, but that doesn't mean the people have to be mean. I've never liked mean-spirited comedy.

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

I think that that the main problem with a lot of social media stuff in terms of ratings is it's a very skewed motivation.

I hate this phrase, but it's a "can do" attitude [that's important] that, whatever you do in life, you should have.