Here in California, we passed a law against texting while driving. But there's no law preventing you from writing a letter while driving.

I used to psych myself up before the show and now I do the complete opposite: I psych myself down. It's 12:30 at night, you don't want some guy yelling at you. You want some guy just talking to you.

Every day I ran to that book like it was a bottle of whiskey and crawled inside because it was a world that I had at least some control over, and slowly, in time, it began to take shape.

I hated the summer jobs I had when I was a teenager. They were so mundane and repetitious, they deadened my soul. On the bright side, it was good training for this job.

I don't see my show as a stepping stone to something else like some people, who get a job then have a foot out the door looking for their next job.

These days, teachers have it rough. Kids can be hyperactive, disobedient, and obnoxious. It must feel like being locked in a room of drunk midgets.

If you watch cooking shows on cable, they have lots of British people. Because when you think good cooking, you immediately think Britain.