This is one of the defining sorrows of books: that we cannot see one another.

This is something that the nimblest standup comedians learn, over time, to handle gracefully. They'll go between prepared material, then they'll respond to what's happening in the room and weave it back into the prepared material and so on.

My fame is due to broadcast television.

Part of the transaction between writer and reader is the pleasure of building a community and encouraging people to play along.

Comedy does offer an avenue to television and film careers for untelegenic people that great drama does not.

Only the nerds will save the earth.

I would definitely make eggs for the rest of my life if I could.