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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 like to write a lot of satire.

I used to like writing for comedians - I enjoyed the challenge of making other people funny.

I came to Hollywood originally writing comedy and writing satire.

I try and write satire that's well-intentioned. But those intentions have to be hidden. It can't be completely clear, and that's what makes it comedy.

I really like comedy. There's always a choice, when you're writing: you can either go for the joke or you can go for the story, the important stuff.

A good comedy's very hard to make, so good comic writing I really enjoy.

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

I think comedy is funnier when it's real.

I think it would be harder for me not to write comedy because the comic view of things is the one that comes most naturally to me.