Conan O'Brien
Conan O'Brien

I hate cynicism - it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere.

Conan O'Brien
Conan O'Brien

Every comedian dreams of hosting 'The Tonight Show' and, for seven months, I got to. I did it my way, with people I love, and I do not regret a second.

Conan O'Brien
Conan O'Brien

Your path at 22 will not necessarily be your path at 32 or 42.

Conan O'Brien
Conan O'Brien

The results of a new study are out this week saying that New Jersey is one of the most livable states in the country. The study has a margin of error of 100 percent.

Conan O'Brien
Conan O'Brien

According to a new survey, 40 percent of adults in Mexico say they would move to the United States if they got a chance. The number would have been higher, but the other 60 percent already live here.

Conan O'Brien
Conan O'Brien

There's good random, and there's bad random. There's good silly and there's bad silly, and you've gotta know the difference.

Conan O'Brien
Conan O'Brien

I think the best thing I ever did was, years before I got the 'Late Night' show, when I first got out to Los Angeles to be a television writer, the first thing I did was I signed up to take improvisational classes... And I studied that for years, and I really loved it.

Conan O'Brien
Conan O'Brien

If you watch a lot of television, the pacing, the quick cutting is so frenetic, but it doesn't always make it funnier. What I'm noticing is that when things are allowed to unspool more slowly, younger crowds really like it. They really appreciate it.

Conan O'Brien
Conan O'Brien

I'll say I'm happy doing my thing. No one says 'no comment' anymore.