Sense of humor is so much more subjective than anyone believes.

As Daniel Levitin writes, our brain is a "giant pattern detector." If we read something that coincides with what we already believe we're more likely to give it credence, while the opposite is not true.

I think the hard thing for young comedians is that the majority of the young people in the audience out there don't have the wide range of references.

Laughter is a force for democracy.

If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?

I've always found life quite difficult to explain to people or to myself.

When the target audience is American teenage kids, you can have problems. My generation prized really fine acting and writing. Sometimes you have to go back to the basic principles which underpin great visual comedy.