Racism is within each and every one of us.

You can track elections by who was playing that president on 'SNL' at that time. There's the theory that the more likable or charismatic impression would help get the president elected.

We can convince ourselves to do things in conjunction with one another that we wouldn't have been able to do as an individual.

[Barack Obama] will touch you on the shoulder and, you know - in that big brother or father figure kind of way. And you really do feel sort of shepherded by him.

Since we were renamed, and now it feels like 80 percent of the African-American population has the name Washington or Jefferson or some president or slave owner's name. And, I almost wonder is this, like, is this part of a way of taking back the principle of naming your - I might be going too far into this - but naming your kids something of your choice?

When people get together, we are capable of the most beautiful, amazing things. But we are also capable of genocide.

It's a no-win situation with politics, it's always going to be stressful. I'm more into the comedy of life.