After three straight years of writing, though, I definitely needed a break to just go live my life.

St. Louis has a lot of weird food customs that you don't see other places - and a lot of great ethnic neighborhoods. There's a German neighborhood. A great old school Italian neighborhood, with toasted ravioli, which seems to be a St. Louis tradition. And they love provolone cheese in St. Louis.

I'm big on being positive. I'm generally so positive and happy. I just always felt that I was exactly where I wanted to be. And things have continued to go in great directions.

It's so mental how I looked in the '90s. The fact that I thought my ponytail was a good thing - it was just terrible. Cutting it off was so monumental.

I love divas. Madonna, Mariah, Beyonce, Britney.

I've been nominated for 12 Emmys, and we won - for 'Top Chef' - the only time I didn't go.

I'm happy to be everybody's gay best friend.