Not taking criticism of your writing personally is an enormous step towards surviving the studio system.

When somebody would come in with a sketch that was not so good, you figured out in a room how to make that sketch work.

You have to be willing to throw [writing] stuff away and replace it.

There are a huge amount of people who sell a TV pilot, every year, but most of them never get produced. It's very easy to make a living and never get anything produced.

Probably your first agent is going to be some guy who also handles dog acts.

Not taking criticism of your writing personally is an enormous step towards surviving the studio system.

For a living I write stuff that I know is gonna sell to a studio and make a lot of money at the multiplex.