Don't be too precious or attached to anything you write. Let things be malleable. For sketch writers, remember they're called sketches for a reason. They're not called oil paintings. Some of them are going to stink. You have to let them stink.

Life is improvisation. All of those [improv] classes were like church to me. The training had seeped into me and changed who I am.

It was scary to be in that world of politics. I felt uncomfortable to be in that discussion. The weird thing is, when Darrell Hammond or Will Ferrell or Dana Carvey did an impersonation of a president, no one assumed it was personal, but because Sarah Palin and I are both women and people think women are meaner to each other, everyone assumed it was personal.

I didn't get on TV until I was 30, which is really fortunate because you are who you are at that point.

Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don’t just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles.

[...] things most people do naturally are often inexplicably difficult for me.

You must not look in that mirror at your doughy legs and flat feet, for today is about dreams and illusions, and unfiltered natural daylight is the enemy of dreams.