Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.

Awards can give you a tremendous amount of encouragement to keep getting better, no matter how young or old you are.

You are doing better than you think you are.

It's really clear to me that you can't hang onto something longer than its time. Ideas lose certain freshness, ideas have a shelf life, and sometimes they have to be replaced by other ideas.

When I got recognized as a writer, when I got the Emmy, I was more excited than the Emmys I had gotten as an actor.

I wouldn't live in California. All that sun makes you sterile.