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I actually very rarely see comedy myself, and although I admire the work of some comics, it does come from all over, so I'll get a charge out of some fiction writers and poets.

I can't seem to escape comedy. Whenever I sit down and try to write something serious, it just doesn't work.

I don't think so much about verbal comedy. I always think about visual comedy. I was raised watching silents, and I'm always thinking about how to make cinema, not good talking - although I want good talking. I'm much more interested in framing, composition, and orchestration of bodies in space, and so forth.

Comedy, at least the way I write comedy, is just drama with jokes.

Being a comedy writer gives you permission to be an outsider and poke fun at what people think about other people.

I didn't want to do comedy again. It is way harder when you are doing comedy. You can't just concentrate on the character and the plot. In comedy, the writers, instead of obsessing about character and plot, obsess about the jokes.

I think comedy stems from being honest, often painfully so. I hope I can achieve that perspective in my own life and also have fun.