Whoever has the most at stake should have the most power.

If you're into social justice it's hard not to be on black people's side.

The rules may seem obvious but when you think about them they're not. For somebody who has my job they're not as obvious as one would think.

The victory of the show is in the writing. Coming up with sketches and stand-up bits. The rest is just hitting buttons on a machine more or less.

When I say the n-word, black people are clear that I'm on their side. And it's not disingenuous - I am on black people's side, clearly.

People get way too much credit at funerals.

[Robert Smigel] is one of the greatest comedy writers in the last 50 years. "TV Funhouse" and Triumph and all those sketches.He's really unique, and he has an amazing comedy mind.

I think it's naïve to think white people aren't singing along directly!

Models never say, "I'm hot." They say, "Look at these clothes." Whereas, with comedy, you have to say, "I'm hot."

I guess I like people doing roasts in public. That's my thing.

I'm making fun of midwestern homophobia [in the joke], but I'm still saying faggot. And almost every month as I'm doing that joke it gets five percent less of a laugh.

You are not in the kingdom by accident

If we let things terrify us life will not be worth living.

Bats drink on the wing, like swallows, by sipping the surface, as they play over pools and streams.

A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if he wanted.

Canadians complain too much. 'I like seasons.' So do I; that's why I live in a place that skips the [unpleasant] ones.

The media has a tremendous bias and has for a very long time against the Republican party and against somebody that happens to be conservative. They certainly have a tremendous bias against me.

You can't expect people to give you the things you love, unless you know how to ask.

Leadership is the power of one harnessing the power of many.

I have the privilege of working on the issues that I choose and the issues that I feel most passionate about. It's been a privilege.

TV is very much a producer and writer or creator-driven machine in the States. And I'm the kind of actor that needs to be pushed and have someone on my case a little bit, so I suffer from that.