I think that there's part of me that feels like maybe I should have been more social.

It's a balancing act of you feel horrible that you're away but there is something about the road that is rather liberating.

There's something about being a parent that has, I think, made me a better comedian.

I wouldn't say that comedy brought me away from it.I think that my idea of faith was another obligation in my life.

I worked on USA Today as a topic for while. I tried to do something on hand chairs, chairs that look like hands. I really tried. But some topics are not truly universal.

We all take Mother's Day seriously and then it's like a month later, a bunch of kids get together and say, "I guess we should do this for the old man, too." Father Day's is weird. It's like celebrating Darth Vader's birthday. It's odd I think. Even the gifts we give dads. Like neckties, which are just like a silk noose. Or books. Would you ever want someone from another generation to give you a book?

I left the Midwest thinking I didn't fit in. But when I got to New York, I realized how truly Midwestern I was.