On 'The Office,' so much of the show is about disguising your true feelings and your romantic feelings because it was a mock documentary.

I regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world operates according to different rules than my regular human world.

Live performance really terrifies me. I haven't done it, really, in years. I think that's why I retired from my brief career in stand-up.

I stupidly memorize my credit card and use it about thrice weekly for online shopping. The only reason I don't bankrupt myself is that I return about 75% of what I buy.

Catharsis isn't art. You can't rely on catharsis to get a laugh. Because guess what? People do laugh when something's shocking, but that is, to me, the absolute fakest of laughs. That's not something that sustains a television series, or a movie, or even 45 minutes of a stand-up set at Carolines.

I didn't completely forget how to be nice or feminine because I have a career.

I just have my characters say my controversial opinions and then hide behind them.