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I wrote comedy sketches in college.

I grew up wanting to make movies, and along the way I suddenly found that I had a career doing comedy.

I love the satire and skewering of comedy writing.

I always felt that my way into comedy would be through my writing rather than my acting.

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

I was a standup comedian, which is kind of like writing and directing yourself.

First and foremost, I just want to write comedy.

When I graduated college I needed to make money while I was pursuing acting, so I read screenplays and made a living writing coverage on them for studios.

I made a very good living as a bad writer. I wrote a lot of comedies, 'Diff'rent Strokes,' 'Facts of Life,' while all my friends were doing the good shows, like 'Cheers,' but I loved it because I got to be a working writer in Hollywood.

When I first began to write fiction, I didn't think I was a comic writer; I thought I was a serious writer. I was surprised when the first novel I wrote was regarded as a funny novel.