“People pull away from something if it's not of good taste. People lean...” — Michael Patrick King Quote

“People pull away from something if it's not of good taste. People lean into something if it's okay.”

“Being a comedy writer gives you permission to be an outsider and poke fun at what people think about other people.”

“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.”

“My hands look terrible but I can do anything I want to do, so, you know, I just think I'm playing all around with more good taste and not dashing up and down the piano.”

“We have learned the lines of good taste through history and our sense of guilt, be it post-colonial or post-Holocaust.”

“My mom is a painter and an artist. She would play music, and she always had very good taste in music, fashion, and art. She was also a young single mom, so I think she had really good style; she was really free... just really inspiring in her own way and allowed me to find the direction I wanted to take in my life.”