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"I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best."

"I think new writers everywhere need opportunities to get published."

"I didn't go out of my way to get into this movie stuff. I think of myself as a writer."

"Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers."

"Writers never feel comfortable having labels attached to them, however accurate they are."
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"I love being an older comic now. It's like being an old soccer or an old baseball player. You're in the Hall of Fame and it's nice, but you're no longer that person in the limelight on the spot doing that thing."

"To me, the musical is best when it's a musical comedy. So if you have a very, very funny show, and very good, funny songs, that's what the musical does best."

"I like the idea of being out there regularly with an audience and with a funny gang of people. That's what I grew up with - doing television, doing shows every week."

"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours."

"I think the special thing about Python is that it's a writers' commune. The writers are in charge. The writers decide what the material is."
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