>> I think, for anyone wanting to start a career -- TV, non-TV -- is to just start saying yes.
I have had a million different jobs.
I started to write because of how it made me feel.
When I was a kid, my parents took me to the theater a lot.
And I felt great in the theater.
And I thought, "I wonder how I can feel like this."
So, I worked in the theater.
I worked in summer stock and in winter stock.
I worked at National Lampoon Magazine.
I worked -- and that made me feel good, until it didn't.
I worked on the radio hour.
I worked in publicity.
Publicity was a great job.
I loved it.
I love writing the press releases and meeting the people and trying
to find the good stuff that's in whatever the product was and sharing it with people.
Because I'm -- if you're that person who, you know, goes,
"Oh my God, I just went to a coffee shop.
You've got to go there.
It's the best coffee."
If you're that person, that's a really fun job.
You find what you -- you just keep saying yes to different experiences.
Whether it's folding sweaters in Banana Republic -- find something.
Just keep saying yes.
You never know.
My first writing job, I was asked to write some jokes for a play that was
in rehearsal, going onto Broadway.
My manager said, "You said yes?"
He said, "Great.
What are you getting paid?"
I said, "A T-shirt."
He said, "Are you serious?"
I said, "I know, you can't get 10 percent of a tee-shirt.
I understand."
But I said yes to it, and that was an experience.