Quotes from Mike White

People kind of stumble their way through life a lot of times.

There's something magical about Oaxaca and the vibe of the people.

There's a victory in letting go of your expectations.

You can come to a political position from an emotional place.

I find as a viewer, when I go to see comedies, the strain to be funny throughout the whole thing. I start to lose my sense of reality, and it ends up feeling like an empty experience; there's funny stuff in it but I've lost the emotional connection to the characters because it's just so bananas.

I guess I'm trying to write stuff that I, as a viewer, would connect to.

I think living in our culture right now, there's a universal experience where we feel like we become what we do. Sometimes that's rewarding and sometimes that creates an existential crisis.