I don't have confidence in my instincts, and I feel like I have to go through a very right-brain and left-brain process.

A lot of shows are more script-driven, like a prose script. As an actor, you never see a storyboard.

People are always saying that I must have been the class clown, with all these voices. No, I was way too shy to be the class clown; I was a class clown's writer.

You have to remember we're just performers, that we seldom have any kind of grasp on real life.

I never thought of myself as an impressionist, so when I do audition for voice-matching things, I have to work really hard and do a lot of listening and trial-and-error.

There's a lot of kids' shows that are really popular ratings-wise, but they don't sell a lot of stuff. A character on a backpack just doesn't have the same appeal as watching it on TV.

I seem to voice a lot of sweet, kind of dumb yellow characters for some reason.

Two things amazes me the most, the beauty of nature and the power of my thoughts.

New York is made up of millions of different people, and they all come here looking for something

I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have by reading novels.

Rules and regulations, who needs them. Open up the door, we can change the world.

Hundreds of poor laboring men and women are being thrown into jails and police stations because of their political beliefs. In fact, an attempt is being made to deport an entire political party.

Nothing is so retentive as a nation's memory.

Faith deals exclusively with believing God and His Word.

The reason so many of us are obsessed with becoming stars is because we are not yet starring in our own lives. The cosmic spotlight isn't pointed at you, it radiates from within you.

To live as true children of God means to love our neighbour and to be close to those who are lonely and in difficulty

When things are going well, something will go wrong. / When things just can't get any worse, they will. / Anytime things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.