Books are great for if you want to work on the craft of writing for yourself, or, you know, to write novels or indie films, stuff like that.

I feel like I'm the most well-adjusted character on the show, even though I'm sure the other actors would tell you the same thing about their characters.

Being a working person who works for the studios. It's a minefield and there's tons of stuff you need to know. And people mess it up all the time.

It's such a great thing to work with people and not have a plan.

I guess I considered myself just sort of a sketch comedian, you know? Actual screenwriting hadn't really occurred to me as a viable job - I didn't really know anything about it.

The good thing about being a writer is that you don't need anything except for a laptop. You can really do your own work and if you're not manically compelled to write all the time before you do it professionally, it's probably not a business for you anyway.

Being a movie star is stressful as hell. You've got to do crunches all day long. You've got to get up and learn lines.