Anything that you can do a tiny bit of research about, I'll turn it into an obsession.

I didn't hang any pictures in my office for a year because I thought that I would be jinxing myself and have to take them down the next day.

You're encouraged to pitch your own story. That way, you'll have more control over what you do.

I've always defined myself as a writer, I've never decided what it was I was gonna write. [...] I always fancied myself one, but I'm not. I'm so far from a writer.

The show is a satire, which gives us freedom to do anything we want. Satire is the magic word that wipes away any culpability. The media is jealous of this freedom.

I actually got the part. And I thought, Well, I'll do it for a while. I'll just quit if it's stupid.

I touched an Oscar once. Friend of mine has one, for writing. As soon as I touched it, he said, Now you'll never win one.