I had a lot of fun writing things that died during dress rehearsal. Sometimes I remember the crazy ones that died even more fondly than the ones that did really well.

I don't know if there's a strategy really so much as, like I learned doing standup and had to learn fast, you always just try to give your favorite, strongest stuff as early as possible and you start with what you like the most.

Understudies don't normally get invited to openings.

Comfort is everything. You start doing something and you want it to be perfect right away, but most babies are born ugly and then they shake it out and you get beautiful toddlers.

The more you do stuff, the better you get at dealing with how you still fail at it a lot of the time.

In every case, I find pre-planning noble, but not always that useful in comedy. You know comedy once you're doing it.

Part of standup is being loose and having a good time yourself and that translates to the audience.