I'd consider myself a flailing comedy writer.

I can always go back to construction. That's great money, but the problem is you can cut off your hand.

Part of your job as an artist is to push yourself and make sure your creative juices are flowing.

Maybe I'm naive, but I subscribe to the idea that nobody is actually making strategic decisions about their career. Trying to do that would be like playing three-card monte on Canal Street.

I'd consider myself a flailing comedy writer.

I went to Julliard and we did a lot of mask work there, and I remember thinking in class, 'When am I ever going to use this?

You know, 1% of us is in the armed forces, protecting the other 99, and they're all volunteers.