Growing up, my sisters were both into dancing, so I went to a lot of dance recitals, mostly because there were always pretty girls in leotards.

Being polite and grateful will make people more inclined to help you. And if people are willing to help you, you may accidentally get something you want.

That's what I love about sketch comedy: a sketch is five minutes, then it goes dark, and there's the potential for something else.

A mustache really defines your face. My dad had a mustache when I was growing up, and I can still remember when he shaved it, he looked like a completely different person.

Each experience I go through - marriage, my public life, my personal life - I'm learning as I go.

It's the journey, not the destination. I truly believe that.

I always took pictures, but about five or six years ago, I started taking more behind the scenes at SNL, and now I have some 60,000 photos sitting on my laptop.

It's fun to play the type of people you dislike.

I am now The Establishment. There's nothing I can do about it.

I'd love to do a drama.

People are getting cynical about the news. It doesn't seem like there's one place to watch where you get the straight dope. You watch the channel that proves your point.

When the actions of others no longer matter, then you will have succeeded within your own mind.

Keep your body grounded on earth, but keep your consciousness high above the clouds

I usually get up between 7 A.M. and 8 A.M., have coffee, and go right to work. It's really important not to get sidetracked in the morning so I'm still in that dreamy state for my writing.

The world has become more complex as technology and easy travel mixes cultures without homogenizing them.

It's in the nature of television to restrain the spontaneity of a live event. Things become more and more prepackaged.

There is trouble in my mind There is dark, there's dark and there is light There is no order, and there is chaos, and there is crime There is no one home tonight, in the empire of my mind

If it is a small rate raises, [there will be] no impact.

I apologize if anybody was offended by anything I said.

My friendship with the Hitch has always been perfectly cloudless. It is a love whose month is ever May.