It's not like you get up on stage and you're immediately a genius. It takes a long time. So, don't be discouraged.

No one knows anything. You're going to make mistakes and you're going to do things that people think are stupid. You can't sit there and go, "I never want to make a mistake."

If a guy doesn't like a funny girl, something is wrong with him.

A person being patient with an insane person is my favorite thing in the world.

Comedy is incredibly hard. You have to be loose. You have to be not afraid to fail.

Growing up in Oklahoma, there wasn't much to do. Play sports, do a lot of drugs, or read and watch movies, which is what I did.

Yeah, improvising only really works 100% when you're with somebody.

All the stories have to do with emotion. Emotion is driving everything.

I really enjoyed playing Vinny Vedecci, the Italian talk show host. He was the first character I ever came up with where I gave him a name and a way of dressing.

Oddly enough, I have really bad stage fright - getting up in front of people. And I made a living going on live television.

If you can't forgive yourself, you think you're never going to be able to forgive yourself.

Lying is never the best option, but in some situations it is necessary.

It was like the beginning of the end of the world.

Maybe the words that I say is just another way to pray.

Journalism is to politician as dog is to lamp-post.

Artists are the gatekeepers of truth. We are civilization’s anchor. We are the compass for humanity’s conscience.

A writer without interest or sympathy for the foibles of his fellow man is not conceivable as a writer.

There are people who have figured out the exact, you know, Kanye West formula, the mix between "Graduation" and "808s," and were able to become more successful at it.

A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults.

Bob Dylan was uncomfortable being known as just a protest singer. He wanted to go back into himself and do what he wanted to do when he wanted to do it.

It is in vain a daring author thinks of attaining to the heights of Parnassus if he does not feel the secret influence of heaven and if his natal star has not formed him to be a poet.