Surprise is not humor. I think that there can be a fine line there.

You hold precious what you create for yourself in your life that makes you comfortable.

Do what you love in your community.

I want people to say, "Oh my God, I'm laughing out loud at television."

We've caught people watching us, and I'll look at them and I'll go, "It's just us. It's just our thing. It's just what we do."

A poet can feel free, in my estimation, to write a poem for himself. Or a painter can paint a painting for himself. You can write a short story for yourself. But for me, comedy by its nature is communal. If other people don't get it, I'm not sure why you are doing it.

The audience loves to figure things out. They love it when a performer leaves a trail of bread crumbs for them, and they get to participate in the comedy.