Most comedy comes out of misery.

I grew up in Vancouver, man. That's where more than half of my style comes from.

People don't usually wanna kill me for one of my movies until after they've paid 12 bucks for it.

It's not dying you need to be afraid of, it's never having lived in the first place.

Please don't wear skinny jeans if you don't have skinny genes.

Claiming that someone's marriage is against your religion is like being angry at someone for eating a donut because you're on a diet.

You want to create an environment where we're fostering ideas, not rejecting them.

I feel much more comfortable as a writer than an actor. I feel like I am a much better writer than I am an actor.

I don't think all of my ideas are good. It's almost easier when people are critical of you because it helps with the quality control.

Even vegetables have feelings in our world.

My mom drives me crazy sometimes, but I have a good relationship with her.

It's best to have your tools with you. If you don't, you're apt to find something you didn't expect and get discouraged.

I hold a little fundraiser every day. Its called going to work.

If anything I think postmodernism has the least impact on my work.

Iraq did nothing to us. Iraq was not responsible for 9/11.

Riches, honors and pleasure are the sweets which destroy the mind's appetite for heavenly food; poverty, disgrace and pain are the bitters which restore it.

I think maybe L.A. or San Francisco could be rushed, but Sacramento is just laid back!

There is no wrinkle-free life.

Grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us more . . . And grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us less

You have to keep running. I always believed I was going to be safe.

America has become the most unequal society among advanced countries, and rich people are now free to spend as much money on political campaigns as they wish.