I've seen situations where I think comics are really unrealistic about what creative expression and what the artistic freedom, what that entails.

I think the key to improv is always listening. It's embracing. It's positivity. It's hearing things and not shutting them down.

I am scared of horror movies.

I have no desire to get on a soapbox or be preachy. I don't think comedy needs to be 'brave' or 'important.'

One thing I've realized is that being a nerd has transformed. I like that it's easier to read comic books and, like, 'Lord of the Rings' now. You don't have to get punched in the chest in the gym locker room for that anymore.

You don't often see vulnerability on TV, especially talk shows.

I didn't like who I was. I spent a lot of my life regretting who I was, which is a sad thing to say.

The whole romanticized 'sad clown' thing, we gotta get rid of that. That has to go! That's just getting sick people to voluntarily stay sicker and sadder than they have to be.

Both creatively and organizationally, being medicated has helped me immensely.

The one-word story about why I have a chip on my shoulder is 'bullying.'

Maria Bamford is someone who's really inspired me in a big way.

Everyone likes to laugh. Everyone likes to dance along to some music.

I will say I miss teaching improv way more than I miss performing improv.

One of the reasons I stay in New York is because you're always around so many other types of arts, and it's easy to just get lost in it.

As far as comedy goes, I'm endlessly inspired by Jo Firestone.

I can legitimately say without being arrogant that there's probably a stretch where I was one of the better teachers of improv in the country.

I think there's enough TV that makes people feel dumb out there.

A lot of the things I loved the most growing up were, on the surface, kind of challenging or impenetrable. I loved Andy Kaufman, and half his shows, people would walk out in a rage. I love punk rock, which is notoriously music that doesn't always sound very inviting or appealing but, I think, unquestionably has the most heart, the most integrity.

I always just try to remind myself, like, at the end of the day, no matter how much pressure it is to be a TV show host, you still get to be a TV show host.

I'm hungry in the ways that every artist is, but I also have this extra layer. I've done a lot of things that were consciously not for money, but because I'm so convinced I'm going to die in my mid-30s, I'm like, 'That's not what's important. Doing cool stuff and having that legacy is what's important.'

I've always been really open onstage.

Creativity saved me.

What all my favorite comedians have in common is extraordinary honesty.

Too many upstate New Yorkers have to drive 30 minutes or more to see a doctor.

You can distill deterrence down to two factors: capability and will.

We can bring people together in an era rife with partisanship and divide.

Mary Jo and I have three teenagers who are in their last years at home. In addition, I was just offered and accepted a position with Williams College as a visiting lecturer on leadership beginning in February 2017, and anticipate accepting other academic positions shortly.

What we need to do is have empathy and that ultimately, at the end of the day, it's a woman's private choice... I don't support federal funding for abortions, nor do I support late-term abortions.

For too long, Gov. Cuomo has led with fear, intimidation, and bullying.

New York has been embarrassed by corruption and lags behind in too many important categories. We can do better.

Even with the approach that I take in Congress, which is to bring people together to get things done - many people describe that as 'reasonable' - I couldn't vote for John Boehner's re-elect.

We understand that we're going to be outspent. But we still think we can win decisively because there's some things money can't buy. Among these are votes.

I think people should be authentic and who they are. If that calls people to same-sex attraction and same-sex marriage, then they should be true to who they are, and I think that the world could benefit by more love.

My eyes are wide open... you serve in Iraq, your eyes are wide open.

If conservation isn't conservative, then words have no meaning at all.

I will always remember the fear in the faces of the executed. That's the first day I felt the devil's presence.

In the five years from 2007 to 2012, we only gained a little over 1,200 farmers. Since we aren't going to stop eating, we have to reverse that trend, or we'll see even more consolidation, more corporate farms, or increasing food imports; none of that is in our interest.

All too often, the conversation about appropriate and balanced environmental stewardship gets caught up in partisan politics. Yet, this conversation is key to the preservation of our great country for generations to come, as important as ensuring we have fiscally responsible policies to secure our future.

I don't believe in amnesty... What I have proposed is that we would come forth with a program that allows individuals to come forward and to plead guilty... They would have to pay a fine; they would have to go through a background check - some say learn English - and they would get learned legal status.

There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about the paratroopers I served with who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms.

I look at the corruption in Albany and we cannot accept that.

I don't recommend this, but my dad - to help us get through the winter, he bought a kerosene heater, and he had it in the kitchen so that the furnace wouldn't have to kick off.

This is what my calling is now. I'm here to try to help our party.

Jesus's first commandment was to love one another.

It is in the best interests of my constituents and the country to repeal and replace the ACA, and defunding/delaying implementation is consistent with that approach.

Part of being conservative is judicious conservation of resources, both man-made and natural.

While I have strongly and consistently supported the Clean Power Plan, and continue to do so, I cannot and will not support a proposal for a cap-and-trade system.

Cap-and-trade is a dangerous policy fraught with the potential for significant corruption, and it would hurt my constituents and our economy by raising energy costs.

I hope the EPA will listen to the many votes over the years in Congress opposing cap-and-trade and rescind that proposed rule.

This deficit that we have threatens our very way of life, and everything needs to be on the table.