It's fun to play someone who seems evil and to reveal their vulnerabilities.

If there's one big thing you can take from Amy Poehler as a performer, it's committing, full on.

You ought to be able to wear your character like a Lycra bodysuit.

I think Comedy Central and probably all channels are on their way toward being apps accessible on whatever the Roku of the future is.

It's hard for me to shut off my writer brain completely.

I probably have the most fun on projects where there's some room to improvise.

I have a couple of ideas for shows that I would love to bring to fruition in some way at some point.

I like it when shows end intentionally, and Review, especially, has such a long form narrative that it feels like you need to give it a thoughtfully constructed finale.

In sketch comedy, wear your character like a hat, not a suit of armor.

There were times that I would be drunk and just leave a place by myself because I had an impulse and wasn't thinking through the repercussions on others.

It's great fun to memorize somebody's biography, and then liberally play with the real facts of their life and go a step beyond reality.

If you don't have a whole lot of unsatisfied people, the economy stops dead, doesn't it?

Mindful leadership keeps you cool and energetic in any situation, so that you can make the best possible decisions.

Norah watched him, serious and utterly absorbed in his task, overcome by the simple fact of his existence.

The only thing which really seemed to pay off in life, if you went by Mary Pedersen's example, was sleeping with your superiors.

Hire the best. Pay them fairly. Communicate frequently. Provide challenges and rewards. Believe in them. Get out of their way and they'll knock your socks off.

The conqueror is regarded with awe the wise man commands our respect but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.

We can no more do without spirituality than we can do without food, shelter, or clothing.

Enlightenment is the liberation of man from his self-caused state of minority... Supere aude! Dare to use your own understanding!is thus the motto of the Enlightenment.

But I don't sit down at dinner and have clever ideas.