Simon Bird Quotes

I know that when I watch TV, I want to be transformed and transported, not just by the characters that I grow to love over the hours and seasons of watching but also the world that it plants me into.

Writing is the greatest thing about really good sitcoms.

We like drama. Even in our comedy, we like drama.

Part of the experience of being entertained is sitting back and plugging into someone else's vision.

And of course Marc Cherry heightens it and makes it hilarious. But there's so many universal themes in the show, and he made it so funny. We knew he was onto something if he could keep it up and, thankfully, he did.

It's the reason we go to films and watch television: to escape the mundane nature of life and see another world and see ourselves in that other world. I think that's what sci-fi does so well.

A reader is not supposed to be aware that someone's written the story. He's supposed to be completely immersed, submerged in the environment.

The more you can create that magic bubble, that suspension of disbelief, for a while, the better.

Television, as you know, can kind of jettison you into a whole new world.

Fiction, even when it's grim and hard, is fun.

I get to enter into the world the director has created: to live these different lives on top of my own life.

Literary novelists who have a strong handle on plot are often characterized as good vacation reads because they manage to transport you elsewhere, away from the petty facts of ordinary life.

I can't imagine soaps will ever stop, because people will always watch as long as they have great stories and characters. But the soaps will have to keep evolving, won't they?

Ever since 'Jericho,' I've loved these big-idea shows.

I personally like sitcom TV to be able to portray characters that I can relate to.

I have admiration for people who can do it well - the guys who wrote 'Cheers' and 'Frasier.' They created sort of a blissful comedic universe.

Through eight years, 'How I Met Your Mother' has mastered the art of leading-edge comedy, emotional water-cooler moments, and pop culture catch-phrases.

I think one of the reasons that I like fiction versus nonfiction is that I myself can kind of disappear from the story.

Like I said, when all of that goes away and you just completely lose yourself in the fantasy of it, then that's usually when I walk out of the theatre or turn off the television and just go: "That was brilliant!"

Because I was a television writer for many years, I write very conversationally. I put things straight, and with a lot of humor.

Comics is all about making it believable and helping people to get completely lost in a fictional world.

Fans want to see a story with characters, and they want to see a story.

I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but 'Mad Men' changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.

If a movie is really working, you forget for two hours your Social Security number and where your car is parked. You are having a vicarious experience. You are identifying, in one way or another, with the people on the screen.

In terms of television and movies, I've been really interested in seeing the partnership of comedy and beauty and heart. I think they can go together really well and really thoughtfully. But, I'm a total one-hour drama addict. I think when you're a comedian, you tend towards dramas because that's the less stressful thing to watch.