I was in a band in high school and college and I always had a love for music, but I didn't go to a conservatory or anything like that. I was fairly self-taught.

My dad is a very quick-witted, sarcastic, dry, humorous guy, whereas my mom's very silly, and that side of the family is very musical.

Most of my ideas just come out funny.

There is nothing funny about a well-adjusted, intelligent person making the right choices.

I'm a little bit of an amateur political junkie.

It's never fun to read death threats.

I sort of fell out of new music. I'm old, I like what I like, and that's that.

Nobody hates hipsters more than hipsters.

There's a lot of dopes in life, and in film school. The interesting people are usually easy to find.

Funny people don't really laugh very much.

Dads are awkward because they're older guys who aren't cool anymore and are figuring out who they are, and they often make bad choices in fashion and music.

...and tell you the worst of me and try to give you the best of me...

If a fly lands on your food, do not use a hammer to remove it.

Only an atmosphere of quiet hard work and dull, serious conversation were appropriate to him.

If you are in front of a wall that you cannot get past, would you just keep banging your head into the wall?... No, you would find a new wall.

I don't believe that you can be too short as a quarterback. It's not about height.

I felt different born into a family with two sisters who are blonde and blue-eyed, with me being the only brunette.

I went to the store and bought lady fingers, when I got home I noticed one of the fingers was missing so I went back to the store and the manager was nice enough to give me the finger.

I'm appalled that when I talk about the neo-conservatives it's somehow twisted, some sort of a racist comment.

Once in a while, I have to pinch myself to remind myself I am Nobel laureate, but that is not part of my work plan every day.

Blame where you must, be candid where you can, And be each critic the Good-natured Man.