Like lycanthropy, the nerd gene can skip a generation. My maternal grandfather was a technophile.

I do lots of crowd work in my set, because I enjoy writing material through riffing and conversation.

I almost think of nerd brains as rattlesnake venom; like, you can milk it. You can milk the pulpy venom out of the nerd brain and use it for good if you want to.

The nerds provide the toys that distract the morons. So the nerds are sort of the new drug-dealers. We're the drug dealers of the 21st century because we provide all the brain candy for the mouth-breathers, for lack of a better word.

I think being an outcast is what sort of strengthens the nerd movement, because you're isolated, so you have time.

Things that are viral are things that motivate people to say I have to share this with everyone I know, and that has been more politics lately, and that's completely understandable.

The podcast movement was really a creative survival mechanism for standup comics.