I spent 11 years at 'The Daily Show,' and I learned everything there about how to write funny, how to write funny on topic.

You know, people always talk about how Jesus came down to Earth as a human being. He became a human being, But no one ever takes into account what that means.

But Jesus and Christianity have a tenuous relationship at best.

The number of the devil is not 666.That is only his area code, his number is unlisted.

In their minds, it seems as though people don't often have the same answers, but in their hearts, they do very frequently have the same questions.

Dune was a world of paradox now—a world under siege, yet the center of power. To come under siege, he decided, was the inevitable fate of power.

The Genesis of life is experience.

What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.

There are some movies that I would like to forget, for the rest of my life. But even those movies teach me things.

If we are really anxious not to have nuclear weapons in Iran, the first thing is to call an international conference on abolishing all nuclear weapons, including Israeli nuclear weapons.

I want a minister to be in charge of a line department so they have clear political accountability.

Of all the joys that lighten suffering earth, what joy is welcomed like a new born child?

I'm aware that dialogue isn't my strength. I use it as a device. I don't particularly like dialogue which is part of the problem.

Life is a process--just one thing after another. When you lose it, just start again.