I have to admit: I have been known to be obsessively neat and like things arranged just so.

You have to be careful what you say in front of comedy writers because they will absolutely make fun of it in the next episode.

Im a huge fan of The Odd Couple, yes, and any comparisons to Tony Randall and or Jack Lemmon are completely welcome. I kind of try to channel those guys, and then add my own neuroses, too.

I love telling stories, telling jokes, making people laugh. Ive got no plans to stop doing it.

I love comedy because I can laugh at myself. I dont take myself too seriously.

With classic sitcoms like MASH, the characters all drove each other crazy, and that's what you loved to see.

A fan once stopped me outside a theatre and gave me as a gift a signed photograph of Sir Laurence Olivier. It was strange, but nice, too.

I do have a chore schedule - in my mind. I dont tell anyone I have it, but its in my mind.

When I met Bono at the Cannes Film festival while I was there for the film 'United 93, ' he said to me, 'That's a great film, brother. Thank you for your courage in making it.' I plotzed.

Everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other

Is the price of happiness not weighed in the cost of commitment, the value of life’s experience in the plurality of existence and measured in a love shared?

Vanity is the most dangerous thing about fame.

There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance.

I don't talk about these things if I haven't lived them, and I've hurt people in my life. It's something I still have to think about when I sleep at night.

In a city that is barely getting by with its small budget, something like illegal immigration can be the difference from being able to provide the level of public service that people expect.

No, Edward. You are here so I can teach you something. All the people you meet here have one thing to teach you.

I would feel a little awkward because of my connection with politics.

Am I no a bonny fighter?

I'm always fascinated by losers. Also, in my "Foucault's Pendulum," the main characters, who are in a way losers, they are more interesting than the winners.