Words like feminism or democracy scare me. They are words with barnacles on them, and you can't see what's underneath.

Beloved, till life can charm no more; And mourned, till Pity's self be dead.

I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of weakening the reader's defenses so that I can more easily take him to something more.

When a writer becomes a reader of his or her own work, a lot can go wrong. It's like do-it-yourself dentistry.

I want to keep doing interesting work with interesting people in whatever form that may take, but I want to play the big parts of classical theatre; I want to go on stage and play great Shakespearean roles and, at the same time, do amazing, challenging indie films and comedy, and I want to do it all. I am greedy.

I chose to do comedy instead of going to college.

I didn't set out to write some female-empowering movie; I just wanted to write a funny college comedy.

I think people like musicals. And when done with a modern comedic sensibility, musical comedy can be the most efficient delivery of both storytelling and jokes.