I know, it's weird that I've never done a musical. I turned down two of them. 'The Lion King' and 'The Producers.' I turned two of the biggest Broadway musicals down, am I a mess?

I'm crass, contemptuous and crude, obstreperous, obnoxious, rambunctiously raw and rude.

Stand-up was like being on a Barbie townhouse stage.

Look, you're either loved or hated. Which is a good thing, as Bette Davis used to say.

I mean, the things you think will never happen, you have to confront; those things that come into your life that you thought you never could deal with, you do.

Who do you think I am, Pete Rose? I don't bet. I come from a long line of compulsive gamblers. Gambling scares me.

I wouldn't live with me, believe me. I'm moody.

I love animation, I really do, but I don't do it for the children.

I like to hold a book. When someone sends me a script, I ask for a hard copy or print one out.

I love doing scripted things. What little acting ability I have I am holding on with my hangnails.

I won't do reality. That is done. And I don't want people following me around with a camera 24 hours a day.

There are so many things that we learn in our lives most of which we can't learn without seeing the hearts of others.

I don't even understand the connection with 'died for your sins'. He died for your sin, well, how does one affect the other? 'I hit myself in the foot with a shovel for your mortgage'...

First sons and daughters seduced to play and party 'til it was too late to realize they were being lead to the slaughter. They discounted the law of moderation.

I’m moved by everything broken and crippled. Since that’s how we really are.

Donald Trump said it was his idea for [Sarah] Palin to bring up her son at the rally.

Back in the day, I came up with the expression "Same Animal - Different Cages" to describe our songs. I suppose over the years I've just broadened the meaning of that.

We work in the dark -- we do what we can -- we give what we have.

One of the most constant aspects of American life is change - and nowhere is it more evident than in our financial markets.

I think if people read more, that is a better world.

When we're in the storm we learn more about the character of the God we serve than when we're on the mountaintop.