If something is shocking without being funny it's hard to justify.

religion notoriously claims that they invented morality, they didn't. Morality exists in animals, ya know.

My dad always played Anne Murray in the car on the way to the dump when I was a kid.

There are people on staff who have made that point, that the upside to a second Bush term is that it makes 'American Dad' work better. To me, the price is too high. I would gladly give up the comedy to have a President Kerry. But you work with what you have.

Nobody sets out to offend or shock for the sake of shocking. You set out to get laughs.

Evolution doesn't care whether you believe in it or not, no more than gravity does. I want to rekindle excitement over what we've achieved as a species with the space program. We can't afford to regress back to the days of superstition.

I can't believe I am hosting the Oscars. It's an honor everyone else said no.