Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

"The show will tell you what it needs to be if you listen."

"You grow up or you get out of the way."

"The network thinks it owns the show. It doesn't."

"I have respect for anyone who tries to make something good."

"The hardest part isn't the idea. It's the execution."

"Comedy breaks down barriers between people."

"I'm not running from anything. I'm running toward something."

"The show is a living thing. You have to feed it."

"You have to be willing to fail spectacularly to succeed greatly."

"The best teams are made of people who challenge each other."

"I became a writer because I had something to say."

"Every week we start from zero. Every week we have to earn it."

"The network doesn't get to define what success is here."

"You can't make art by committee. At some point, someone has to lead."

"I love this job and it's destroying me. That's the deal."

"Television is immediate. You have to make decisions and live with them."

"The moment you stop challenging yourself is the moment you start declining."

"I need people around me who will tell me the truth."

"What separates good shows from great shows is vulnerability."

"You can't build anything lasting on compromise."

"The pressure is the price you pay for doing meaningful work."

"I'm not interested in good. I'm interested in great."

"This place runs on coffee, competence, and trust."

"The audience deserves your best work. Always."

"You learn more watching great television than you do in any classroom."

"The show doesn't care about your personal problems. It just needs to be good."

"I'd rather be remembered for swinging big than playing it small."

"The network is scared. That means we're doing something right."

"You have to love what you do or get out."

"What we do here matters more than most people realize."