The State trained us to make other people's terrible jokes work, which is the other part of the game when you're here.

The State trained us to make other people's terrible jokes work, which is the other part of the game when you're here.

I liked writing, and I loved movies, obsessively loved movies, but I had never made the leap of thinking I would actually come out here and write stuff.

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.

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