My mom grew up in Kansas, my dad in Indiana. They had boring childhoods.

I am such a goody-two-shoes.

Ultimately, I'm fine with everything that I've done.

Maybe I'm a better actor when I know there's going to be an older woman involved.

I've never done a blind date but my parents met on a blind date.

I've written probably over 200 songs that have a verse and a chorus and that's it.

My first job was a commercial for Ball Park Fun Franks.

My morals are important to me.

New York is a character, all on its own, and whenever you film there, it becomes part of the show. That's just the nature of being there.

The truth is I want to make music that people enjoy.

I'm kind of A.D.D., and so my mind wanders a lot.

Satan] invades the Sunday school, the Bible class, and even the pulpit. He even invades the church under cover of an orthodox vocabulary, emptying sacred terms of their biblical sense.

It is because I think so much of warm and sensitive hearts, that I would spare them from being wounded.

Autumn colors remind us we are all one dancing in the wind.

I've always fantasized about being on TV. And I was. Then I fantasized about being in the movies. What could be better than captain of a space ship? I get to ride horses, shoot guns, have adventures.

There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives.

Im a huge fan of The Odd Couple, yes, and any comparisons to Tony Randall and or Jack Lemmon are completely welcome. I kind of try to channel those guys, and then add my own neuroses, too.

It would be a fallacy to deduce that the slow writer necessarily comes up with superior work. There seems to be scant relationshipbetween prolificness and quality.

I want to be a role model.

Our television program airs to a potential audience of over 3 billion people, in many places where the people living there may have never even heard of Jesus.

There's nothing like sitting back and talking to your cows.