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" I try not to rely on pop culture references as a crutch for jokes, because then, I think, that's when the timelessness quality is lost. "

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" The thing that I get most excited about is that it does feel like a new realm of storytelling is being created before everybody's eyes. You can do something that's not exactly a movie and not exactly a TV show, something in between. "

" I think it's sort of rare in TV shows or movies to see people being vulnerable. That's sort of scary to an audience. "

" Conflict comes from a person's own actions, not what someone else does to them. "

" It would be easy for someone to think growing up in a small town would be like 'Footloose' or something, that it would be, 'No dancing allowed!' all the time, but it was quite the opposite. People always got excited for me and my successes and supported me even though I was a little weirdo goofball. "

" Being sincere and true to yourself is a scary thing but, ultimately, a rewarding one. "

" The challenge in writing a show that's about people and their flaws is that it can easily tip over - okay, I'll sometimes watch something, and there will be characters that are written in a way that I'll know that the writer just hates human beings. They're expressing this misanthropic point of view with these detestable characters. "

" In real life, a relationship takes a long time. Either somebody is involved with somebody else, and that's ending, or somebody's hung up on an ex, or your job isn't going right, and so you're focused more on that than relationships. It just takes a lot for two people to get together. "

" I don't really like the term 'honest.' "

" Growing up in Iowa, there weren't many people who looked like me. And then when I moved out to L.A., every guy in comedy looked like me. "

" Most relationships probably start with people going, 'Meh, it's probably best not to be embarking in this relationship.' We do it, though, because our brains are wired to make babies or whatever. "

" I think the desire to be funny was a mixture of wanting to be liked but also wanting to throw your elbows a bit. "

" Things are constantly in flux and changing, and as crazy-making as that can be, it's also the thing that can get you through tough times - 'Well, things change.' "

" With Quentin Tarantino, he makes movies imagining himself as the audience. To be specific and true to what he wants resonates to people who like his movies. "

" I love watching movies. That's, like, my favorite thing to do with friends. "

" I grew up loving Pee-wee Herman. I was obsessed. I was the kid at school who everyone knew was obsessed with Pee-Wee. "

" If you read scripts, you would see people rarely speak like that in real life, in complete sentences. "

" It made me proud to know I'd join a long gallery of actors covered in blood in movies. "

" Probably around junior high, I became obsessed with films. "

" I'm married now, but I fell in love with my wife because she was talented. Talent - it's the big one. "

" I'm sure that it's a universal experience, but I wonder if it gets exacerbated more in Los Angeles, where people are constantly looking over at the other people, going, 'Why don't I have that? I want that. Their table looks warmer.' "

" Writing on 'Love' is so steeped in self-analysis. The writer's room can feel like therapy. "

" The thing that I like about Pee-wee is it can exist on the level of midnight college cult movies that the hip kids are into and, at the same time, it could be something a kid and his family watch together. Being able to straddle both lines of being subversive and, at the same time, very inclusive - I love that about the character. "

" I gotta say, the Catholic Church has churned out a lot of great artists and directors and actors, so if that's all they do, that's fine by me. If they're good at churning out tortured artists, that's great! "

" In your 20s, you're checking your bank account to make sure you're not broke. In your 30s, you're looking at yourself and realizing you're broken. "

" In real life, there are some times where a partner has cheated on somebody, and that person never found out about it. I have to imagine that that's happened before. It's a thing we don't really want to think about, because it's maybe the most painful thing to think about in a relationship - 'What if I've been cheated on and never knew?' "

" A lot of the time, a comedy script is just dialogue, and that's the main thing you have to worry about. "

" It's tough - and I'm not the first person to say this - but cliches exist because they actually happen in real life. "

" I always liked the 'Mad Men' philosophy where people don't really change. "

" In high school, I was crazy in love, and I would make handmade construction paper valentines every month for our monthly anniversaries. Then I'd go early in the morning and tape one to her car. It sounds sweet, but let's be honest: it was a little weird. I was probably crossing some lines. "

" Some people have interpreted the title of the show - 'Love' - as ironic. For me, it's sincere. The idea that we have to agree with love is a genuine statement about love. "