List of Michael Patrick King Quotes

Who's To Say Where Funny Stops And 'too Far' Starts?

I Think I Would Love A Shot At Remaking 'the Philadelphia Story,' As Daunting As It Is. I Still Think It's Fantastic. I Love The '30s Comedies Because They're Allowed To Be Both Comic And Elegant, And The Women Are So Complicated In Them.

I'm Happiest In An Empty Church. I Love The Smell Of A Church.

The Thing You Can't Let Go Of Is Gravity. The Reality Of Gravity In Writing. If Someone Says Something Really Mean In A Sitcom, And The Next Wave Isn't A Reaction To The Reality Of That, You Start Losing Relatability. In A Lot Of Romantic Comedies, They Throw Out The Rules Of Life.

The Second Episode Of Any New Show Can Be Tough. You Have About A Week To Top The Well-crafted And Polished Pilot Episode That Was Written Over Six Months.

My Female Writers Have Always Been My Backbone. I Had A Writing Room Of Six Women For Five Years So I Know What Women Do. Cultivated By Me, By The Way!

The First-time Director Thing Is Just Another Label Somebody Puts On You.

Maybe Our Mistakes Are What Make Our Fate. Without Them, What Would Shape Our Lives? Perhaps, If We Never Veered Off Course, We Wouldn't Fall In Love Or Have Babies Or Be Who We Are.

Only Two Things Change When You Get Older: The Energy In Your Voice And The Time Of Night You Feel It's Appropriate To Call Someone. In Your 20s, People Call At 2 A.m. And Yell, 'are You Up?' Into The Answering Machine. Now, Someone Calls After 8 P.m., And My Boyfriend Is Like, 'who Is That? Who Could Be Calling At This Hour?'

It Seems A Lot Of Straight Men Need A Word Coach Or A Lawyer When It Comes To Discussing 'sex And The City.'

Let There Be No Mistake. A Gay Man Alone Could Never Begin To Replicate The Inner Workings Of The Female Mind.

People Wince When Something Is In Bad Taste. They Laugh When It's Funny. If It's Too Dirty Or Wrong, They Won't Laugh. But If It's A Big, Dirty, Smart, Funny Laugh, They Love It.