People take things at face value on social media. Earnestness is the assumption.

Fast food is hugely important in the life of a comedy writer. All we do is order in, and what we're going to eat is hotly debated.

The chorus of “Jack and Diane” is: Oh yeah, life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone. Are you kidding me? The thrill of living was high school? Come on, Mr. Cougar Mellencamp. Get a life.

I cringe a lot when I look at my early talk-show experiences.

When you only do 10 episodes for a final season, every character and all of her interactions in every storyline have so much more import because it's the last time we're going to do it. It's been really helpful saying, "OK, where do we want each of these characters to end?" We have 10 episodes to do it and working backward from that, I kind of envy my friends who have always been on a cable network because this is really that great benefit of doing it this way.

Running is a quick trigger for a good mood. The great thing about endorphins, you don't have to be in great shape to get them.

I don't want to be skinny. I'm constantly in a state of self-improvement but I don't beat myself up over it.