Basically I made her [ Sara Pocock] listen to funk music for a good month, a nonstop stream of George Clinton. I was talking about the art from...if you look at the art from George Clinton albums there are two or three artists he worked with...I made her listen to my album too so all the images are from jokes I made. I wanted it to look like the thoughts that are coming out of my brain which is what comedy is anyway.

The audience is not your boss. They are your collaborators and when you collaborate with someone you don't have to listen to everything they think or say.

One time I was really close to Steve Martin. I was too afraid to actually go talk to him, but I'll count that as meeting.

Every laugh is not equal. They come from different places. That's sort of the challenge I go towards, making sure the laughs are for the reasons I want. It becomes a back and forth dance with the audience.

If you're driving down the street, you keep the neck forward. So that way you can clear out the lanes.

I'm working with a lot of legends who are brilliant who are people I've looked up to from a very young age.

I am afraid of abandonment, and, if you will, in a really existential way, being exposed as a fraud. Everyone's afraid of it, and I definitely am. This is a fear that motivates. Oh, and heights. And getting stabbed.