I think being funny had something to do with feeling like an outsider, not feeling cool - insecurity.

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.

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.

It really helped to have someone whose taste I really trusted who I knew was really smart and a really good writer. Sometimes I find it hard to judge my own work so it was good to have someone who could look at it. It was like, "Oh, she likes it, then it's good."

I was extremely shy and had a terrible fear of public speaking. But I had fallen in love with stand-up.

I think being funny had something to do with feeling like an outsider, not feeling cool - insecurity.