I think that my love of cooking grew out of my love of reading about cooking. When I was a kid, we had a bookcase in the kitchen filled with cookbooks. I would eat all my meals reading about meals I could have been having.

It's weird how you can make people feel comfortable, and then ask them an uncomfortable question, but it doesn't ruin their day.

I want to get a gold star. And I know that there are places that I need to go in order to get the story right. I'd rather do it right than have to do it twice.

If it wasn't for what goes on in the world of politics, we wouldn't really have much of a show.

There's a very fine line between political comedian and activist, and I don't really think I fall over into the activist category.

When you can agree on one thing, you should have no expectation that suddenly a person is converted to your way of thinking. You have to be willing to be frustrated constantly.

I hate birthdays. I thought that I only hated my own birthday, and then I realized that I hate my children's birthdays too.