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.

I don't really read reviews and comments that much. There just isn't a lot to be gained from it.

Steve Martin said that philosophy is good for comedy because it screws up your thinking just enough, and I agree with that. Being forced to see life's metadata is good training for looking for interesting angles on a topic.

Nerdists, unlike nerds, tend to be creators as much as consumers. They're creative consumers.

The goal of almost every comic is to find a comedy voice - a specific point of view that an audience can latch onto.

Any nerd who grew up around the time that I did, BBC programming was a treasure chest for us.

Traditionally nerd-based culture is now a big sector of pop culture.