“I love writing for women. The willingness to go from laughter to tears...” — Michael Patrick King Quote

“I love writing for women. The willingness to go from laughter to tears in a moment is the greatest palette you can paint with as a writer.”

“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.”

“The jokes I used to do on 'Sex and the City' were always comic character things, and they were rarely hard jokes. As soon as you go up in front of people, it demands laughter.”

“Let there be no mistake. A gay man alone could never begin to replicate the inner workings of the female mind.”

“There's no reason to do 'ex and the City' if it's not going to be everything 'Sex and the City' is, which is vibrant emotions, comedy, drama... and also, style.”

“Here's what happens - you create something in the moment that you feel will be good, and then... people's reactions to it or people referencing it years later, it's a compliment.”

“All lives have triumphs and tragedies, laughter and tears, and mine has been no different.”

“The secular world looks to the church and to its chagrin, finds no love, no life, no laughter, no hope and no happiness.”

“I've never cackled with laughter at a single line I've ever written. None of it has given me pleasure.”

“I remember once they sent me over to read for a show called 'Mork and Mindy.' I heard gales of laughter, then Robin Williams walked out. I had to follow Robin Williams.”

“Stuttering is painful. In Sunday school, I'd try to read my lessons, and the children behind me were falling on the floor with laughter.”

“Laughter can be medicine.”