Children are God's way of punishing us for having sex.

The hardest thing you will ever do is trust yourself.

I was the kind nobody thought could make it. I had a funny Boston accent. I couldn't pronounce my R's. I wasn't a beauty.

Being a parent is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy

Because there are so many shows on and because I've been so hands-on - I've had a piece on almost every single week - I don't know how to cut back on that. You really can't.

Just do your job. Get in early. Stay late, and don’t complain. Fight the big fights.

I happen to disagree with the well-entrenched theory that the art of conversation is merely the art of being a good listener. Such advice invites people to be cynical with one another and full of fake; when a conversation becomes a monologue, poked along with tiny cattle-prod questions, it isn't a conversation any more.