Larry Charles is the director behind Sascha Baron Cohen's "Borat" and now "Bruno". He also directed "Masked & Anonymous" with Bob Dylan and "Religulous" with Bill Maher, was a consulting producer and director on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "Entourage" and showrunner and executive producer of "The Tick", "Mad About You" and "Dilbert". He also won multiple Emmys as a writer and producer for "Seinfeld", so apparently he knows what he's talking about.

In this excerpt from The Other Network Writers Room series, Larry talks about 'cracking the code' of "Seinfeld" with Larry David and "Borat" with Sascha Baron Cohen.

The full interview is loaded with other inspirational insights plus practical tips about writing comedy and how to get into the business. Get the mp3 digi-download of Larry's interview here - or get the entire Writers Room series (over 9 hours of great inside info from big-time comedy machers like Michael Patrick King, Seth MacFarlane, Alan Zweibel, etc.).

Editing is really hard - whether you're cutting, re-cutting, re-writing or just trimming. Here's some advice from the pros:

Comedian and author Moon Zappa talks about when to edit. Watch video.

Paul Doucette, drummer of Matchbox 20, has advice on what to do with your 'outs' after you've edited them - whether its music or words. Watch video.

Michael Patrick King, writer/director/executive producer of Sex and the City, tells you how to avoid including things that you'll have to cut later, and encourages you to write before you edit. Plus Beth's 'Couture/Read-to-Wear Theory" of editing. Watch video.

And here's two cents from comedy icon Buck Henry, who has appeared on the Daily Show and Saturday Night Live, co-created Get Smart, and wrote several movies including a little film you may have heard of called The Graduate. Watch video.