The only thing I'm nervous about is talking to guests like human beings, because all of my interviews so far have been attacking people. I have a genuine concern about sitting across from an actor whose movies I obviously haven't seen.

When you're doing stand-up, you want to stand onstage and, to the extent that you can, uncomplicatedly entertain.

When you see people say crazy things on our show, they mean this stuff,and that's easy to forget: They're not joking.

It really helps a comedian to be an outsider.

News is not a game show. You don't win a car if you happen to be right.

There's never any time I think I'm a real journalist, because I don't have any of the qualifications or the intentions for that.

You don't need people’s opinion on a fact. You might as well have a poll asking: ‘Which number is bigger, 15 or 5?’ or ‘Do owls exist?’ or ‘Are there hats?'