Postmodern comedy doesn't work well with very old audiences, because it's making fun of the comedy they enjoy.

What's a pirate minus the ship? just a creative homeless guy

At once I feel that comedy is this amazing sort of transcendent thing, and I'm also open to the fact that maybe it's just an evolutionary hiccup, something that upright apes do in their free time.

People are gonna think that MTV censored me, and they really didn't. I really wanted to try to make a show that didn't rely on offensive, edgy material because I think it was an exercise in trying to write without that. Because I see that as a crutch sometimes and I want to know that I can do something funny and worthwhile without that. And also make a show that my parents would like and that kids could watch with their parents.

If I had a dime for every time a homeless guy asked me for change, I'd still say no.

I don't try to call myself a poet. But I know that my stuff is pretty literal, in that the themes are pretty simple and on the surface.

If Jesus can walk on water, can he swim on land?