I'm not an advocate of true rhymes, I don't think. I think that everyone who writes musical theater needs to know how to do true rhymes, because that's the tradition of it, but I do think that in order for the art form to grow, it's important to not let tradition get in the way of innovation.

My first writing job was with a company called TheatreworksUSA.

The things that I have done that haven't been as successful have been things that have been largely out of the public view, which is great. It's terrible, when you're a theater writer, to have a big flop publicly.

I try to turn off the TV and play with my kids as much as I can, and I always hope they're having as good a time as Mormon kids.

There have been times when I felt suicidal and I would stop my head from going in that direction of negativity because I thought there'd be something I'd miss that was funny in the future. If there's a chance I'm going to laugh tomorrow then want to live to experience that.

I don't want to end up being some joke on a bad TV series.

With comedy, you really want to work things out beforehand.

Adult Swim has cornered this really cool market, especially for comedy shows.