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. Michael Patrick King Read Quote
People wince when something is in bad taste. They laugh when it’s funny. If it’s too dirty or wrong, they won’t laugh. But if it’s a big, dirty, smart, funny laugh, they love it. Michael Patrick King Read Quote
The thing you can’t let go of is gravity. The reality of gravity in writing. If someone says something really mean in a sitcom, and the next wave isn’t a reaction to the reality of that, you start losing relatability. In a lot of romantic comedies, they throw out the rules of life. Michael Patrick King Read Quote
Sex and The City’ was made to correct the myth that if you were single at a certain age, you were a leper. Its four characters are heroes to a lot of women; they run around New York, or Gotham – but they have fancy shoes instead of capes. Michael Patrick King Read Quote
I really enjoy women and I totally understand and applaud the diversity that they have in terms of their emotions and intellects and vulnerability and strengths. Michael Patrick King Read Quote
I try not to repeat a story. I try not to repeat an emotion. I want it to be all sort of new for the viewers and to challenge myself as a writer, so there’s always pressure. What else can you come up with? Michael Patrick King Read Quote
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. Michael Patrick King Read Quote
Only two things change when you get older: the energy in your voice and the time of night you feel it’s appropriate to call someone. In your 20s, people call at 2 a.m. and yell, ‘Are you up?’ into the answering machine. Now, someone calls after 8 p.m., and my boyfriend is like, ‘Who is that? Who could be calling at this hour?’ Michael Patrick King Read Quote
The first-time director thing is just another label somebody puts on you. Michael Patrick King Read Quote
My mom would be leaving the house and she’d say, ‘Don’t you pull out all of the old dresses in the attic and put on a show again!’ And the door would close, and that’s exactly what I’d do. The show was calling me! Michael Patrick King Read Quote
