The East is very mysterious to Westerners. Even post-Cold War, it's still an unknown entity.

Have I had therapy? I went to a yoga class once.

We are both drawn to surreal situations so the writing was a joy.

In the same way, there is some creature gnawing away inside of me, urging me to do things in different ways.

I find it incredibly boring when people are mean about some individuals, especially if the individual has no power. I can understand how someone deems it necessary if somebody is in power to tear them down - I think that's really crucial. I make a lot of mean jokes about myself; as a theme, suffering seems to me a very interesting thing for comedy, but not the suffering of a particular individual.

I don't do drugs. If I want a rush I just stand up when I'm not expecting it.

I really can't describe what my stand-up is like - people see it and they say it's like that, or it's like this, and that's really up to them, that's fine, but I don't sit around all day analysing it. I just try and enjoy a show and interest myself because if I don't do that then I won't interest anybody else.