My writing process is very feedback-based. When I do stand-up, I listen to the audience. I try to understand what's connecting, what's not connecting, and then rewrite, rewrite and rewrite.

I will say what I aspire to is a consistency in making films, to direct something every couple of years.

The one thing you're most reluctant to tell. That's where the comedy is.

It had that kind of open-ended fear to it - like that feeling you get when you're driving and you see a cop. And you're not speeding. You don't have drugs. But you're just thinking, I hope he doesn't notice I'm driving.

What I write is emotionally honest and truthful as the human experience can be, to make people feel less alone, or at least that's the hope.

Saturday night is perfect for writers because other people have "plans.

I think the reason why I'm so alluring to networks is because on the surface I'm like a quintessential relatable, boring white guy. A great many sitcoms have been anchored by a boring white guy, so I feel like what they want to mine from me are my more generic qualities.