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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

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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.

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I love funny women. I love writing funny women characters.

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Who's to say where funny stops and 'too far' starts?

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With a live audience, it's very clear when you've pushed it too far to the edge - because you fall off that edge and hit bottom with a thud. Nothing abstract about that. You know you went too far when you hear that groan or worse - that silence instead of the big laugh you were expecting following your hilariously edgy joke.

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It seems a lot of straight men need a word coach or a lawyer when it comes to discussing 'Sex and the City.'

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'Sex and the City' is about outsiders. Single girls as lepers, should have been married by now. It's the reason the whole thing took off.

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Being a comedy writer gives you permission to be an outsider and poke fun at what people think about other people.

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I think I would love a shot at remaking 'The Philadelphia Story,' as daunting as it is. I still think it's fantastic. I love the '30s comedies because they're allowed to be both comic and elegant, and the women are so complicated in them.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: September 14th, 1954

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