I love people, I love studying people more than history. So whatever situation I see, then I look at, what were the people like, more than history itself.

My stand-up act? I combine the fact that the world is a violent place with the fact that each person is responsible for the situation they are in.

You know how it is with writing. You just write what you want to write. There's no way to predict what is good or bad. You just do what you think is funny, and either it works or you're finished. It's impossible to predict anything.

I've been to Japan, I've been to China, I've been to Africa, I've been to the Middle East, I've been to Europe a little bit. I've never been to South America.

Stand-up is live, so I'm used to being live for most of my career. It's interesting.

I would say most comedians have a very cynical worldview of the way the world can work. It's almost like if you didn't, you couldn't be a comedian.

I know nowadays the common wisdom is to celebrate diversity as long as you don't point out that people are different.