Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word 'census', and people fall asleep.

It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.

My preference would have been to not go back on the air after 9\11, at all until the time felt right but that wasn't an option.

I'm not interested in the difference between good and bad, I'm interested in the differences between good and great.

It wouldn't kill you to watch a film or pick up a newspaper once in a while.

Film doesn't have to worry. Movies are awesome. There's no war going on, theaters aren't going to lose.

When I feel that something I'm writing is going well, everything in my life is good and the things in my life that aren't good are completely manageable. If it's not going well, Miss America could be standing there in a swimsuit handing me a nobel price and I wouldn't be happy about it