I think that half of us feel fraudulent in our lives anyway. There's that strange disconnect of not really knowing what we're doing sometimes, or why it matters. It's our existential crisis.

With Portlandia, I don't think our intention is always to find something funny. Sometimes the humor comes from taking something really seriously. We're okay with making somebody feel uncomfortable or uneasy.

I think people come into our lives for a reason, and we can learn from them, and they have lessons to teach us.

All the crap that we've encumbered our lives with, it's really meaningless.

I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives.

I think that we need mythology. We need a bedrock of story and legend in order to live our lives coherently.