In the military, the reason you take the right path is they eliminate other choices. I needed that. They set me straight.

When you're in the military, you get accustomed to sleep deprivation.

If I'm afraid of something, I'll deal with it and get past it.

The whole thing with the Rick James story sketch and the Prince story sketch - I recounted my past, you know? - and that's what I was doing. It's not like I sat down and said I want to come up with a great story about Rick James. That stuff really happened.

I've always had fun looking forward, seeing where technology is going, and finding interesting ways of applying that to comedy.

If you come away from a show thinking of an image, that's as good as remembering a joke. A lot of those shows, like 'The Office,' they are brilliant, but they're not visually interesting.

I'm not much of a joke writer.

Almost all comedy is of its time. You can't expect audiences now to laugh at what amused people 60 years ago.