I'd like to have a drink with Bill Maher and see how he feels. We were too conservative coming over to Fox from fX, and got ourselves off our best game

My natural-born sarcasm, when it's unimpeded, can be a bit overbearing at times and I'm the first to admit that.

I'm responsible for what I am and what I want to be. I'm not trying to live by another's standards.

Some people come in and really freak. There's movement everywhere, even a dancing housekeeper!

Be. Here. NOW. Don't forget to breathe. When all else fails, grab a clown nose.

That sun is lookin' good... and hot! Get it? Hilarious! My joke writers are awesome.

When a contestant actually loses consciousness, I think that's a good sign.

I work best when people are here to puncture me

Particularly with live TV, I have a really good time reacting in the moment to things that are going on around me. I try to think of the viewers' perspective too.

I'm not a big raised stage fan.

I would think anyone who does anything is always concerned about their customers.

Poets... are literal-minded men who will squeeze a word till it hurts.

Classified ads of the Ku Klux Klan: Tired of all the games? Do you like racial purity, horses and dressing up like a ghost?

I thought of myself as part of the general filmmaking effort. And as my scope broadened, I began to think about directing. I wanted to be the guy who got to say whether the dress is red or blue.

Sometimes it’s not how much light you use to get an effect, it’s how little you use and still make it work. There are a lot of rules to be broken in photography, and you’ve got to have courage.

Let's cool it brothers . . . Spoken to his assassins, three men who stabbed him 16 times.

It's a good thing for a dog to have fleas; keeps his mind off being a dog.

The older we become, the more certain our future.

I could have knocked him out in the 3rd round but I wanted to do it slowly, So he would remember this night for a long time.

I pull you from your tower, take away your pain. Show you all the beauty you possess, if you only let yourself believe.

Holding on to expectations is often the source of unforgiving feelings.