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Truthfully, I'm pretty stuck in the '80s.

There are lots of emotions that go with the Fourth of July.

I think women are different, and I think having them in the room is crucial to a family comedy, ensemble comedy, television comedy, where half the eyeballs on your show are women.

If your ratings are high and there's money being made, you're allowed to be a perfectionist in television.

When I was a kid I never knew the difference between a sitcom and a drama. I just knew what my parents were watching and what was making them happy.

I feel like my life has always been the 'Hey Look at Me Show.' I'm not apologetic about that.

Class clowns are never allowed to date anybody decent, but you don't get beaten up, you're invited to parties, and everybody likes you.

I wish that television would stop selling our hatred of ourselves, and start seducing us with our love of ourselves.

Eight o'clock is hard no matter what network you're on because people have to make a decision to sit down and start watching TV. Every other time slot is a time slot that happens after someone's watching something else.

I am a collaborator with everyone who agrees that I need to be in control. I happily collaborate with my loyalists.

I am absolutely and inherently self-destructive in that I am always making sure I'm doing what I want to do.

I love '30 Rock.' It's one of my favorite shows. It's certainly the gold standard of comedy writing.

There's the same percentage of genius happening in both genders, but there's less women writing scripts and out there looking for the job.

Maybe I am just a jerk.

I was raised on NBC television.

Television is a populous, derivative, democratic medium.

I don't think it's going to be possible for the next generation of writers to tell stories without telling stories about telling stories.

Well, the average person comes home from work really tired, and just wants to flip through channels until they land on the thing that's the least objectionable to them. They're not looking for their new favorite TV show because they know that that search will take forever and they'll go to bed unhappy.

I care very much what the fans think. I'm starting to loosen my grip on caring about what critics say, because I think that critics care about what fans think of them, too, so there's a little bit of a refraction there, through that glass.

People often ask me about what constitutes a nerd-friendly show - like, does it have to have sci-fi elements? But I think it's just a show that satisfies the secret craving we all have to be obsessed with something and not feel at all stupid about it.

I've never done well when I've been appreciated. I've done best when I'm targeted for death.