It's hard to get laughs when you're new.

I don't live the single life and never really did.

Even when I was at 'SNL,' I didn't do impersonations. I always wanted to be the kind of person who could do them - I always thought they were the coolest thing on the show - but I didn't have any experience.

That turned-up collar. The jacket that zipped all the way down the front into a nice fitted shape. The white denim that made my untanned skin look like a color.

The same ten minutes that magazines urge me to use for sit-ups and triceps dips, I used for sobbing.

Last night the Taliban offered to release eight Westerners if the U.S. promised not to attack. The State Department declined but thanked the Taliban for the offer, saying it really felt good to laugh again.

You have to try your hardest to be at the top of your game and improve every joke you can until the last possible second, and then you have to let it go.