You're in the business - when you're a writer, producer, director - to get ratings.

Life is about having a good time.

Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything.

That's the heart of it: My shows were not that controversial with the American people. They were controversial with the people who think for the American people.

I was the laziest white kid my dad ever met.

Originally, with all the shows, we went looking for belly laughs.

I think America, unfortunately, collectively thinks of itself as the 'chosen people.' To my knowledge, there are no chosen people, we are all human beings.