Quotes from Paul Rust

Writing on 'Love' is so steeped in self-analysis. The writer's room can feel like therapy.

I've noticed, as a comedy fan, that I really like Paul Thomas Anderson or Quentin Tarantino because when they're funny, they're actually funny. It's not like when other dramatic writers have comedy, and I'm just like, 'Well, that's not funny. Why are you even trying to make a joke here?'

If you watch most of the stuff on TV and in movies, it's usually put-down humor. It's like somebody being mean or cynical or thoughtless to another person. I never wanted to be that type of comedian.

If you read scripts, you would see people rarely speak like that in real life, in complete sentences.

It's tough - and I'm not the first person to say this - but cliches exist because they actually happen in real life.

With so much of what I write, I'm just constantly wondering out loud, 'Do other people feel this way?'

It's such a thrill in a relationship to be able to collaborate creatively. It's very romantic, and I like it.

I was going to go to a midnight screening of 'Pee-wee's Big Adventure' in college, and it's the sort of thing where people dress up. So I got dressed up, and then I got lost. I was speeding, and a cop pulled me over while I was wearing a Pee-wee suit. That's a hard ticket to get out of.

In your 20s, you're checking your bank account to make sure you're not broke. In your 30s, you're looking at yourself and realizing you're broken.

'Cannonball Run II' - you watch that, and it looks like they're having a good time, but it's not necessarily a masterpiece.

The Magic Castle is not a place that people know nationally, but as soon as you move to L.A., you hear people talk about it.

I try not to rely on pop culture references as a crutch for jokes, because then, I think, that's when the timelessness quality is lost.

The challenge in writing a show that's about people and their flaws is that it can easily tip over - okay, I'll sometimes watch something, and there will be characters that are written in a way that I'll know that the writer just hates human beings. They're expressing this misanthropic point of view with these detestable characters.

Some people have interpreted the title of the show - 'Love' - as ironic. For me, it's sincere. The idea that we have to agree with love is a genuine statement about love.

I gotta say, the Catholic Church has churned out a lot of great artists and directors and actors, so if that's all they do, that's fine by me. If they're good at churning out tortured artists, that's great!

The first three times we met, I don't think I remembered anything. I was just in this daze like, 'Oh my gosh, I'm sitting here with Paul Reubens.' And I kept almost calling him Pee-wee.

I grew up in Iowa, so I would go hunting. I took a hunter's safety course in eighth grade to get extra credit in school.

Things are constantly in flux and changing, and as crazy-making as that can be, it's also the thing that can get you through tough times - 'Well, things change.'

I wrote on the fourth season of 'Arrested Development.'

Being sincere and true to yourself is a scary thing but, ultimately, a rewarding one.

I would never turn down an invitation to co-write another Pee-wee Herman movie!

It made me proud to know I'd join a long gallery of actors covered in blood in movies.

Growing up in a small town, in the Midwest, and Catholic - those are sort of three layers of repression.

Probably around junior high, I became obsessed with films.