Harold Ramis

I never work just to work. It's some combination of laziness and self-respect.

My only conclusion about structure is that nothing works if you don't have interesting characters and a good story to tell.

A psychologist said to me, there are only two important questions you have to ask yourself. What do you really feel? And, what do you really want? If you can answer those two, you probably can leave your neuroses behind you.

It seems that, culturally, young people function more in groups. They know each other through digital media. All the young comedy people who work in TV are really used to working at the table with lots of writers around. They're comfortable in the group; they don't assert their own egos over everyone else.

My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules.

Find the most talented person in the room and if it's not you, go stand next to him. Hang out with him. try to be helpful.