I would be psyched to get a phone call from Al Sharpton. I need to find out who does his hair. It's beautiful. It's a gorgeous mane.

It's not that weird, but when I was in Peru, I ate a guinea pig. If you're going to eat guinea pig, you call it cuy. Cute word for such a cute little animal that I ate a few times.

Oftentimes the shows that don't work help you get it right.

Contrary to widespread belief, I do know something about science.

I like an otter. I like a sea lion. I like a walrus. That's my favorite version of a sea creature.

I'm sure there are people who say like, "I was wearing weird emo eyeliner," but there's something pretty embarrassing about the jazz phase.

I have what I guess is medically known as a farting problem.

Whether it's corporate investigations or comedy, there are certain inherent truths to trying to get what you want while trying to be a decent person doing it.

I was, like, a history major, and I minored in art and Spanish, but I found myself gravitating toward media studies as time went on.

Sometimes shows suffer from having many cooks in the kitchen.

In L.A., you really are in your car all day alone, and there's very little public life.

Every time I think that I'm getting old and gradually going to the grave something else happens.

If in our Saturday pursuits we're far from God's presence, we're not in very good shape to worship Him on Sunday.

I began my journalistic career on the day Ronald Reagan was sworn in. That's the day I showed up for work at 'The New Republic' magazine.

The more you nurture a feeling of loving kindness, the happier and calmer you will be.

Bein Crazy is the least of my worries.

The mind gives meaning to anything but the meaning it gives is meaningless.

I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself.

Empathy before education.

You can say anything you want to say about me. But don't you dare address overweight people with terrible names and ugly remarks. That is what upsets me.

There are no safe rooms, no safe truths, no safe secrets to tell.