Do you remember when we were kids and played that game 'Telephone'? It was like that. The first time I heard about it, someone said he'd been shot 17 times.

NBC's priorities are Jimmy Fallon and Jay Leno, and then there's me.

The No. 1 question I get from everybody is, 'How did you make it?' I'm like, Don't worry about making it. There is no making it. Just be happy.

I don't have a sidekick - no Ed McMahon. So when I go out there, I'm lonely. It's scary.

Carson is an old family name, though my grandma used to watch Johnny all the time and was crazy about him.

I think long-lasting, healthy relationships are more important than the idea of marriage. At the root of every successful marriage is a strong partnership.

The one thing I learned the most about acting is it takes a tremendous amount of courage to go there and stand still. It takes courage and guts to step out of your mind frame and depict something.

You have to change the set, stay ahead of the curve.

It's important for people to realize I don't want to be the It guy. I want to crawl before I walk. I want to learn about things before I jump into them.

I love 'Last Call.' It took me a little bit to figure out that I wasn't going to be that guy in a suit telling monologue jokes.

No one's on at my time but infomercials.

The Word of God, strengthen the spirit! Mediate on it daily!

The key to the understanding of the character of the conscious lies in the region of the unconscious.

Fervency in prayer by the power of the Holy Spirit is a good preservative against thoughts rushing in. Flies never settle on the boiling pot.

I go to the theater two or three times a week when I'm in London. Whereas I feel guilty going to the cinema in the middle of the afternoon.

A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion.

My biggest accomplishment has been making a transition from athlete to author.

Read good, big important things.

The essence of the miracle of forgiveness is that it brings peace to the previously anxious, restless, frustrated, perhaps tormented soul.

I don't know my natural hair colour. I haven't seen it for a while.

Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.