If necessity is the mother of invention, urgency is the uncle of change. Without it, progress slows and then stops and then reverses.

Sometimes, not knowing what you're doing allows you to do things you never knew you could do.

Constant exercise can keep the body trim and taut, but the face is another thing.

Given the long history of global anti-Semitism and continued calls for the destruction of Israel, it's tough to be a Jew.

I've worked on over twenty TV staffs, and nine out of ten male colleagues are wonderful, inclusive, and professional. Still, there's usually one guy - the Tenth Man - who turns a fun job into a dental appointment.

I learned not to get too happy about good news or too distraught about bad.

Once, after a long week, I felt so insecure that I decided to make a list of people who thought I was funny even if I didn't think I was. At the top of the list, I wrote, 'Garry Shandling.' His early praise protected me like a comedy-writer version of Harry Potter's scar.

I loved working on 'Murphy Brown,' and I loved working on 'Monk.'

Sensitivity training is a fine idea but isn't taken seriously by those who need it most.