If I was at the Comedy Cellar at midnight you yelled at the back of the room. But you, for television, play it to the camera because yes you're communicating to the people at home using the studio audience that's right in front of you as a guide for that.

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

You can't always see both sides of the story. Eventually, you have to pick a side and stick with it. No more equivocating. You have to commit.

Maybe I just have high self-esteem, but I have a lot that I really enjoy.

If you’re comparing the badness of two words and you won’t even say one of them [the n-word], that’s the worse word.

I was always the squarest person in the cool room, and alternatively, sometimes the weirder person at the mainstream table.

Excuse me: I am homeless. I am gay. I have AIDS. I'm new in town.