"When I had people scratchin' my shorts a bit, it played better. We lost a bit of that in all the personnel changes and it's an element we need to get back."

"I don't mind talking about my two daughters, but I don't feel comfortable denying them their privacy."

"We're improvising a lot of this, which amazes people."

"I work best when people are here to puncture me."

"I'd like to have a drink with Bill Maher and see how he feels. We were too conservative coming over to Fox from fX, and got ourselves off our best game."

"Some people come in and really freak. There's movement everywhere, even a dancing housekeeper!"