Craig Mazin

If I don't know who I'm writing for, I make it up and pick somebody I'm writing for. That's really the only…

— Craig Mazin

The strange rejection of the expert is mind boggling to me. When we're told that the worst word in politics is 'elite,'…

— Craig Mazin

I love comedy. I love the absurdity of it. I love the kind of intelligence that's required to be dumb in comedy.

— Craig Mazin

For me, I've been doing comedy for a long time, and I love it and have no regrets, but 'Chernobyl' expresses a…

— Craig Mazin

We are struggling with the global war on the truth. And if what we used to think of as the domain of…

— Craig Mazin

Comedy, unlike drama, demands surprise. You can't quietly and thoughtfully enjoy a comedy.

— Craig Mazin

At some point, and maybe it's a function of age, you've had enough of it. You start to slide in other directions.…

— Craig Mazin

Women are suspicious of this male ritual of the bachelor party and are suspicious of what men do and say when they…

— Craig Mazin

When you're writing a feature film, the moment you begin Page 1, you are in a sweat that you're running out of pages.

— Craig Mazin

I'm a big believer in comedy writers. I've always defended the honor of all comedy writers. It's extremely difficult, but I've always…

— Craig Mazin

There are the movies that should never be made and resist being made until, through sheer brute force, somebody finally makes it.…

— Craig Mazin

What I want people to consider is that no matter what it is we want to believe, and no matter what story…

— Craig Mazin

'Chernobyl' is a human story. It's not a disaster movie. It's not about explosions. It's about people and truths and lies.

— Craig Mazin

Of all the bad things Internet has done for us, one of the good things is exposing us to people that were…

— Craig Mazin

Governments are different, and philosophies are different, but when it comes down to it, a schoolteacher is a schoolteacher is a schoolteacher.…

— Craig Mazin

'Law & Order' has the same plot every single episode.

— Craig Mazin

What compelled me about the story of Chernobyl more than anything else was something very universal. Yes, Chernobyl happened because in many…

— Craig Mazin

If you organize your life around some political party's list of things you should believe, or an individual that you think is…

— Craig Mazin

In my opinion, where comedy sequels tend to go bad is that they get sillier and lighter.

— Craig Mazin

The planet is heating; the climate is changing. We know this. We have not just one scientist, or two, but thousands screaming…

— Craig Mazin

Bottom line: nothing of note happened when I was a youngster, really. I went to Princeton, which is where I met my…

— Craig Mazin

Comedians who aren't screenwriters are telling jokes that they themselves think are funny. They're expressing their own view of what they think…

— Craig Mazin

When you look at the history of slavery in the United States, and you see the impact that 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' had,…

— Craig Mazin

I am eternally impressed and amazed by what directors do.

— Craig Mazin

I try my best to live by the principle that if you're going to be telling a story that you didn't live,…

— Craig Mazin