Sometimes you've got to just commit to the idea and press forward and trust that you made the right decision..

I think that that the main problem with a lot of social media stuff in terms of ratings is it's a very skewed motivation..

You should be nice to people because it's better to be nice to people than mean to people, not because you think there's something in it for you..

One of the worst things you could do in that world is curse at someone..

Every city, every town, every region in USA has these weird things - the way they pronounce words, or what they call soda, or how people drive. It's ….

People don't seem to make the connection between their tax money and the benefits that they get from their tax money, like free education, and the fi….

If the doors aren't open, just kick them in and keep walking..

You really don't settle on an idea until you're really sure it's the best idea. Then once you settle on it you commit to it entirely. That was always….

What's important on a comedy show, or any show, is that some stories have to go somewhere. There have to be ends to the beginnings and middles you cr….

With mockumentaries, the conceit is that the characters are being interviewed, so you can start a scene and cut to a character looking at the camera ….

Amy Poehler did a really cute thing, [] [her son] said his prayers before he went to sleep that she was going to win [a Golden Globe] and when she go….

It's all about media culture and people on television, and that feeling comfortable, friendly, or warm toward a candidate [in the elections] is a rea….

I think if you're too concerned with being cool or hip or liked, you can't really make good TV because sincerity and coolness are opposites..

I would far rather add a character who generates strong feelings than someone who just kind of floats along, generating medium-warmth smiles of gentl….

You can't just sit around in leopard-print slippers and drink champagne all day and think everything's gonna work out somehow..

People do things with terrible motivations and those motivations are selfish and self-interested and financially driven..

For storytelling purposes, there has to be conflict, but that doesn't mean the people have to be mean. I've never liked mean-spirited comedy..

I stopped using Twitter for a while just because I got sick of it and I started using it again, but I don't check the "mentions.".

The best shows are always the ones that are very, very low-concept and just about great characters..

You can't achieve anything entirely by yourself. There's a support system that is a basic requirement of human existence. To be happy and successful ….

My favorite TV show of all time is 'The Wire,' which has the feeling of a project-based show. You draw in people from disparate parts of the world, a….