I loved writing and performing, but the idea of doing it for a living seemed so remote. But I eventually let it devolve to the point where it was the only thing I could do.

How one handles success or failure is determined by their early childhood.

I have no trouble selling out—I’m a benevolent hack, in a certain way—but I want to pander for something I believe in.

Comedy is essentially made by young men, or older men with some form of arrested development, for young men or immature older men.

I'm terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought.

Whatever bliss we think we're going to find, we may find it in brief flashes, fleeting moments that come and go. There's an impossibility to nailing down any good feeling.

Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.