It's been a tough year. . . Someone said I should send out Buddhist thank-you cards since Buddhists believe that anything that challenges you makes you pull yourself together.

When you create you get a little endorphin rush. Why do you think Einstein looked like that?

I was in Iraq, Afghanistan, Djibouti, Bahrain. The first year I went pretty much by myself. Then I went with General [Richard] Myers, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The shows and audiences were amazing. You'll never get a better group of people.

I don't do well with snakes and I can't dance.

Even mistakes can be wonderful.

Good people end up in Hell because they can't forgive themselves.

You have to break in half to love somebody.