“The work we do is noble because we care so deeply. There’s this unquenchable, unstoppable desire to capture something in every line, in...
“I ground myself and reinvent how I work for every different job. One thing that comes back to me is taking attention off myself. You will always...
“You have to be a visionary and imagine things. If you don’t win elections, you’re just sitting there imagining. I’m not into imagination; I’m into...
“I often make something because I don’t know how to describe it otherwise. It’s through making the thing that I can describe, for myself, the feeling...
“I wanted these interviews to feel like they were lost and rediscovered, like we were eavesdropping on friends. Paul and Joanne’s story doesn’t...
“Making your own life fodder for your own art… there’s something very fundamental about that. You have to make that leap mentally and think...
“It takes a lot of work to heal your guardian angel—your instincts—and to make it so you can trust them again. Chaos Angel, the title of my new...
“Creating Broad City cost a lot, but what are you going to do in life— not spend? It’s not a sacrifice; it’s life. I am so proud of the show...
“We’re always just trying to reflect life in a real way. If you look at three of our projects in a row — Broad City, Rough Night, and Hacks —...
“While making Better Things, I went back to the bones of my life. I wanted to talk about women who are aging and aging parents. I wanted to talk...
“The cameras and the stage, two things: they give purpose to the words, and audiences—like cameras—can always see the truth. Your existence is a lie...
“We’re all part of the same bag of molecules. If you care about anything—like your family, your community, or your ecosystem—then we should try...
“The thing about getting older is you know more, and you’ve seen more. Unlike athletes, whose bodies slow down— for actors it’s an accumulation...
“Any useful diversion from someone’s attention to say watch this, listen to this — I take very seriously. If I’m going to ask them to take an hour to...
“I started reporting this book before we had children. In between, I often oscillated between reasons to despair at our politics and occasions to...
“In Gaza, every single facet of society has been impacted or dismantled from the ground up. It should offend every ounce of civility in us that...