I always knew that it was going to be an uphill climb to replace Letterman from complete obscurity with no experience, but I think I had to go through it to know exactly what a titanic effort that was going to be.

Hmmm... I never get the answer I think I'm going to get.

I think he's the most graceful comedic performer of the century,

It's this miraculous thing that I think about every once in a while, like when I'm walking the dog, ... The thing that got me there was this show, and the easiest way to screw this up is to take my eye off the ball.

People are so familiar with the show that I think they're perfectly happy to let it go by without asking any questions. There's a passivity to how we experience 'The Sound of Music.'

Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them.