"The ability of a television series to make adjustments is something you've got to take advantage of."

"I think you have a passion and an obsession for something when it's not necessarily ubiquitous."

"When I was a kid going into the movies, you weren't force-fed information everywhere you looked about what the movie was going to be."

"I think when you're 10 years old, it's too much to see something with the threat of death in every episode. Kids are better left naive about certain things."

"Period costume films are fun to discover, but they're not relatable. It's more, 'Wow, that's cool - did it really look like that back then?' Whereas with a comedy, you're like, 'Yeah, that's me, that's my friends.' No matter what, I want people to relate."

"What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke."

"Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor."

"A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles."