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Brief about Michael Patrick King: By info that we know Michael Patrick King was born at 1954-09-14. And also Michael Patrick King is American Writer.

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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.

Tags: Big, Laugh, Silence

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

Tags: Comedy, Fun, Writer

Every character when born is a stereotype.

Tags: Born, Character, Stereotype

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

Tags: Funny, Love, Women

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.

Tags: Laughter, Love, Women

I'm happiest in an empty church. I love the smell of a church.

Tags: Church, Empty, Love

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

Tags: Men, Sex, Word

Let there be no mistake. A gay man alone could never begin to replicate the inner workings of the female mind.

Tags: Alone, Gay, Mind

People pull away from something if it's not of good taste. People lean into something if it's okay.

Tags: Away, Good, Taste

'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.

Tags: Reason, Sex, Single

The first-time director thing is just another label somebody puts on you.

Tags: Another, Director, Somebody

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

Tags: Far, Funny, Starts

Here's what happens - you create something in the moment that you feel will be good, and then... people's reactions to it or people referencing it years later, it's a compliment.

Tags: Good, Here, Moment

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.

Tags: Enjoy, Understand, Women

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.

Tags: Love, Story, Women

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?

Tags: Challenge, Else, Try

If I talk to a woman for more than five minutes I can tell you exactly whether she's an Aidan girl or a Mr. Big girl. Aidan girls are more interested in nurturing relationships and building a nest while Mr. Big girls are more about show and having fun.

Tags: Fun, Girl, Woman

My female writers have always been my backbone. I had a writing room of six women for five years so I know what women do. Cultivated by me, by the way!

Tags: Room, Women, Writing

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!

Tags: Leaving, Mom, Old

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?'

Tags: Change, Someone, Time
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