Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

"If you're comfortable, you're not pushing hard enough."

"Comedy is serious business."

"The best writers are the ones willing to say what everyone's thinking."

"You can't create in a vacuum. You need tension."

"This is why we do this. These moments right here."

"The writing is everything. Everything."

"I'd rather fail at something important than succeed at something meaningless."

"You learn more from failure than you ever do from success."

"The network wants ratings, we want relevance."

"We're making something that will matter when we're gone."

"Time is the one thing you can't buy, even with the biggest budget."

"The best comedy comes from a place of pain."

"You have to trust your instincts, even when everyone else is against you."

"I believe in what we're doing here, and that has to be enough."

"The pressure is what keeps you sharp."

"Writers are the only people who get to be right about everything."

"You can't phone it in. Not on this show."

"If it was easy, everyone would be doing it."

"The network exists to interrupt art with commercials."

"We're competing with the best comedy writers in the world every single week."

"This job will destroy you if you let it."

"You have to know the rules before you can break them."

"The margins are where the magic happens."

"I didn't get into this business for the money."

"Live TV is like jazz—you improvise or you die."

"Sometimes the best ideas come from the worst meetings."

"If you're not willing to fight for it, you don't deserve it."

"The network doesn't understand what we're trying to do here."

"We have a responsibility to say something that matters."

"Comedy is truth told at the speed of light."