Who is writing these screenwriting books? Not actually writing for the studios in Hollywood. These are people that have one or a half of a credit on maybe one movie, or none. So they're all theoretical.

If you're a studio writer, the funny better be on the page.

Who is writing these screenwriting books? Not actually writing for the studios in Hollywood. These are people that have one or a half of a credit on maybe one movie, or none. So they're all theoretical.

I need to be spontaneous sometimes. Sometimes I find that the little detail or nuance that you add to it that's based on what's happening at the time that's not very rehearsed often ends up feeling like the funniest thing.

The only guaranteed way to make something not very funny is to make it vague.

I don't think you can teach someone how to come up with good characters or a story.

Waiting for opportunities in the entertainment industry is an impossibility; they are not coming. You have to make your own.