I thought of America as this crazy, happy, exciting place where everybody's rich and there's stuff everywhere. Compared to Pakistan, it's not untrue.

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.

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

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

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.

It's not like I listened to music and then stopped. I still don't have a real appreciation for music because I didn't really start listening to it until my 20s.

It wasn't until I moved to New York that I decided to make a conscious effort to be myself.