The poverty line is like the age of consent: if you find yourself parsing exactly where it is, you’ve probably already done something very, very wrong.

The poverty line is like the age of consent: if you find yourself parsing exactly where it is, you’ve probably already done something very, very wrong.

Armando Iannucci is one of my heroes. As I was growing up, he was probably the most influential comic voice that I had.

Congress never loses its capacity to disappoint you.

Economics is like the Dutch language - I'm told it makes sense, but I have my doubts.

I do not want to leave in [U.S.] ... I cannot make that clear enough to immigration authorities who may be listening to this interview. I don't want to leave, so please don't make me.

I've always been interested in socially political, or overtly political, comedy.