So That Explains It

In a New Yorker interview Judd Apatow was asked, "Do you think there's a big difference between being funny in prose, as opposed to writing a comedic screenplay or television script?" He responded,

"I've never been able to write prose well. I've certainly sat down and attempted to write short stories, but I get up from the chair very quickly. I don't have the mastery of language that's required. One of the reasons why a lot of my characters are high is that it's easier to write for people who are stoned, who are not very smart and don't know big words. I don't have great powers of description. Even my screenplays don't describe things well. Some screenplays go into great detail about what the setting looks like and feels like, and I'll just go "Interior. House." And that's it. But I admire people who do it very well. And I had the thought in the back of my head that I would one day put more effort into seeing if I could express myself in that way."