The person that always comes to mind, and it's odd now because we've become pals, is Ben Folds. I've always considered him like a musical older brother, from afar, in the sense that I always felt I had a much better understanding of what he was singing about five years after I was listening to it.

I was a straight man long before I knew what it was called. I was just the boring one.

I am now The Establishment. There's nothing I can do about it.

I'm not buying a boat because of writing skits.

You start at 'SNL' when you're young and hungry, but I don't want my pro years to be my 'SNL' years.

Being polite and grateful will make people more inclined to help you. And if people are willing to help you, you may accidentally get something you want.

It was my second show as a writer, and Justin Timberlake was just coming off boy-band stardom. People were rolling their eyes, but I used to watch the Mickey Mouse Club, and I knew all those kids were talented as hell. Justin was as comfortable on camera in that first episode as any of our cast members.