I was not looking for a sitcom, because the philosophy at that point was that you had to make a choice: Were you going to do movies or TV? You couldn't cross over.

Everyone wants the two characters to be together, but then once they are, it's not that much fun.

I'm not perfect, but I'd like to be perfect. I'm working on it.

If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.

It's harder to write two people happy and in love than two people fighting and driving each other crazy.

I can't say I based [Carla] on anybody I knew. She was so foulmouthed and mean, just said what was on her mind. So I guess Carla is somebody I always wished I could be at the right moment, the one who always has the perfect comeback.

I dont believe in predestination, even though I was raised a Presbyterian.