My father was one of the greatest professional bowlers of all time. Seriously. Billy Hardwick: PBA Hall of Fame, Player of the Year in '63 and '69, and the first winner of the triple crown of bowling, among other things.

Steal moments of happiness if you have to, and then collect them until they are the dominant images in your psyche.

I feel like being nerd is not about the superficial quality; it's about how nerds approach life. It's much more emotional and mental than it is you're some fat guy living in your mom's basement, which I think is just a hacky stereotype.

Nerds get caught up in minutiae, because there is a tremendous and fulfilling sense of control in understanding every single detail of a thing more than any other living creature.

Bowling really was a big American sport in the '50s, '60s, and '70s, and then it kind of died off in the '80s.

Trying to make strangers laugh is crazy and more than a little narcissistic.

With stand-up, there's a little bit of an exaggerated reality because things have to be manipulated to create comedy, to create jokes.