Principally, I'll give anything a chance, only because the greatest challenges are the ones that you never see coming.

But at the same time, if the right thing came along, I would do it in a second.

I hate it when women fight aging with plastic surgery or fashion choices. There's this arrogant youth worship in our society.

I did a series called Ned and Stacey for two years for Fox back in the 90s. I was writer on it as well as a producer, and it was very important to me that there were no contemporary references.

There's moments that are very personal in The Divorce. There are moments that are sort of unwatchably vulgar or intimate or pathetic. I even had this conversation with my mom. My mom saw the pilot and she was like, "I just thought that some of it seemed nasty." I'm like, "Mom. You're from a whole different generation. And yeah. There's some nastiness that goes on."

One that always stings is "Grow up." And it stings most when you have the suspicion that it is justified, that you have just done somethingchildish and you got nailed for it. It's probably been said to me a few times.

Look at the Native American culture. They revere the elders.