Battered Women: sounds delicious. Doesn’t make it right.

I wanted to be a writer first, and I struck out in the world to be a writer first, and then found stand-up as a more creative outlet, as a 3D way to be creative.

Regret is just perfectionism plus time.

I'm a believer in trusting the director.

Good comics gravitate to each other; you know who's your type of person by watching them onstage, hopefully.

Nobody remembers how long anything takes; they only remember how good it was in the end.

Mindy Kaling gets her own line in the acknowledgments, as previously negotiated by her representatives. Thanks, Mindy. I love you and you're the best.