I Can Tell From About 20 Yards

I Think To Simply Make Fun Of Something Isn't Particularly Interesting. I Try To Not Just Do A Parody Of Something Or Belittle Something Or Disparage Something.

I've Always Wanted To Be A Poet At The Beginning. I Would Look At My Grandparents' Books And My Parents' Books. And In My Family, A Typical Aspirational Jewish Family, Being A Writer Was Very Much Exalted, And It Seemed Impossible To Me, That I Could Ever Do Something Like That.

One Of The Things That Struck Me As Unique About Hollywood Is That I Never Had Bad Meetings. There Were All Enthusiastic, But Meaninglessly Enthusiastic.

Stand-up Comedy Had An Interesting Effect On Me In Terms Of How I Started To Think About Constructing Things, Because I Really Loved The Interstices, The Linkages, Or Lack Thereof.

I Always Thought Of My Work As Being Animated By A Spirit Of Unhinged Generosity.