Quotes from Andy Cohen

After three straight years of writing, though, I definitely needed a break to just go live my life.

I ran into Woody Allen shooting a movie on my block. I can't believe this is my life!

I'm happy to be everybody's gay best friend.

I've been gay since the day I was born.

I work out at Will Space four times a week. It's a private training gym. It's owned by my trainer, Will Torres. I just came from there, actually. I turned Mark Consuelos onto Will, so he goes there too. Today we boxed. It's every kind of cross-training you can do.

Amy Sedaris makes me laugh harder than anybody.

The one guiding principle over my 23-year career in TV has been as long as I'm having fun, I really don't care what the job title is.

I've been nominated for 12 Emmys, and we won - for 'Top Chef' - the only time I didn't go.

I love Jimmy Fallon; he's always a great time.

Like when I host a party. I hope my guests get along. But if not, how interesting!

Anybody who really knows about the TV business knows that it would be impossible to just march in one day and say to your colleagues and bosses, 'Oh yes, I'm hosting my own show.'

TV was my hobby. I loved the glitz. I loved how hot everybody was.

The thing that's fun about the 'Housewives' is talking to your friends about it.

I haven't fully moved over to the iPad. At any given time, I have about four DVDs in my pocket. I'm constantly screening 'Top Chef,' 'Housewives,' and all the other shows we have in development, racing to meet a deadline. So I pretty much bring my laptop everywhere.

I am so proud of 'Top Chef' - I think it's got great cred.

I always wanted to be an anchorman, but after college I wound up working behind the scenes at CBS News for 10 years.

Follow your passion. Be yourself, but check yourself before you wreck yourself.

I would like a boyfriend. I'm a very happy person and it is the final, final piece of the puzzle. I'm looking for that shout-it-out-from-the-mountaintops, fall-in-love person.

When I was a 21-year-old intern at CBS, I was told I had crossed eyes and shouldn't try to be on air. That's when I decided I was going to be behind the scenes.

St. Louis has a lot of weird food customs that you don't see other places - and a lot of great ethnic neighborhoods. There's a German neighborhood. A great old school Italian neighborhood, with toasted ravioli, which seems to be a St. Louis tradition. And they love provolone cheese in St. Louis.

Just go with your gut and communicate.

I love getting into restaurants and getting free stuff - that part of fame I definitely enjoy!

I love divas. Madonna, Mariah, Beyonce, Britney.

I love the term "everything is copy," attributed to Nora Ephron, which was my guiding principle as I wrote.