Public school teachers in Long Island, New York, saved my life in the '70s. They were involved and invested and helpful. One took me into her family and loved me back to life. She taught me that love is not formed and families are not formed by blood. That love makes a family.

I don't think it negates your skills as a parent if you're homosexual.

As a result of the [9/11] attack and the killing of nearly 3,000 innocent people, we invaded two countries and killed innocent people in their countries Radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam in a country like America.

My job is mostly to entertain and be funny.

I just want to say something. 655,000 Iraqi civilians are dead. Who are the terrorists?

Anybody that you put on TV five hours a week is at some point is going to say something stupid.

Culture is defined, really, by the artists who record what the everyday experience is like and then translate it to a common piece of art that all people can respond and relate to.