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

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.

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.

A good butcher is important to have. It's like a shrink.

Bring solutions, results and change to people

In academic circles, especially, I was criticized for lacking morals, values, and ethics. I'm feeding that angry feminist reading of my work.

Poetry is a shuffling of boxes of illusions buckled with a strap of facts.

Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a universal interface.

Jazz today, as always in the past, is a matter of thoughtful creation, not mere unaided instinct.

Chelsea are not made to play football. We're good on the counter, a little bit like Real against Bayern.

When I broke my knee, no one cared how I was; they just wanted me to get better and come back to gymnastics to win more medals for their country.

Hear me declare with boldness, I am a Christian.

I think we should all earn our place in the world. [...] We owe the world something. We owe the world everything.