You break the story first, and then you go into the specifics.

The only reason we die, is because we accept death as an inevitability.

The only problem is time.

'Family Guy' has this weird thing of attracting people. People either hate it or can't get enough of it. There's really no one in between.

Believe it or not, I have about the same success rate as anyone else. Sometimes you hit, sometimes you miss.

The two symbols of the Republican party: an elephant and a big fat white guy who's threatened by change.

Adults acting like children and children acting like adults is generally a pretty reliable comic device.

What makes me happy is just keeping my brain challenged and stimulated and on its toes.

You gotta keep the funny intact.

Nobody sets out to offend or shock for the sake of shocking. You set out to get laughs.

I'm the guy in the crowd making fun of the hero's shirt.

When we get impatient because something is taking too long, we should remember that Life waits on us a thousand times more than we wait on Life.

Deep at the center of my being there is an infinite well of love.

A lot of Americans don't have a passport, never will have a passport. Not only will they not travel, they don't want to travel.

I do have a sense of displacement as constant instability — the uninterrupted existence of everything that I love and care about is not guaranteed at all. I wait for catastrophes.

Jesus will brush aside your inabilities.

To paint from nature is to realize one's sensations, not to copy what is before one.

Writing is like a sport. If you don't practice, you don't get any better.

Learning is the most important thing, no mater how you do it, or where you do it, or who you do it with.

You write your first draft with your heart and you re-write with your head. The first key to writing is to write, not to think.

Writing music is really personal, and it's a really exciting thing to participate in because represents the full creative process: It feels like something is coming from nothing.