Im from a family of doctors, and I think they really wanted me to be a doctor. I even sort of assumed I would be a doctor.

I approximated the Black Friday experience at home by hurling myself into a wall a number of times and then ordering online.

Philosophy is problem-solving. There's a philosophical problem, and then you try to solve it by approaching it from different angles and seeing what way works. That's what comedy is: you have a topic and you try to just hit it as many different ways as you can.

The plan was always to come to America, because Pakistan's a scary place. They don't have religious freedom. It's very poor, and there's a lot of violence and corruption.

I would say I try to make my comedy really personal. I try to tell stories that happened to me, experiences from my life.

The whole religion of Islam is based on reward and punishment and reward and punishment, and it becomes a part of how you think of everything. Even yourself.

Im from a family of doctors, and I think they really wanted me to be a doctor. I even sort of assumed I would be a doctor.