For our anniversary, my wife and I went to see Godzilla, and then we ate at Barnyard Venice, and it was like, 'We are crazy! The Kardashians have to keep up with us!'

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."

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.

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.

Inspiration comes from everywhere: books, art, people on the street. It is an interior process for me.

If I'm not living from my heart, I get sick.

It hasn't been hard getting nominated, but winning it is another thing. The competition is tough.

Writing tonal music now, you are not writing into the 19th Century.

Our prayers are heard by God not according to what we try to be when we pray, but who we are when we are not praying

Holy Istanbul! Your name is the most enchanting one of all names which enchants me.

I have placed there a little door opening on to the mysterious. I have made stories.

I seriously needed an extra-strength magic pillow, because my ba refused to stay put. [And no, Sadie, I don't think wrapping my head in duct tape would've worked either.]

The compliment that I like more than anything is when my family tells me I'm the same Ryan. I never want to become a celeb who forgets about anybody or has a big head about himself.

This is the feeling for syllable and rhythm, penetrating far below the conscious levels of thought and feeling, invigorating every word.