I don't make a list of questions. Ever. I think a lot of my interviews are driven by my need to feel connection.

As a performer you are being used to keep people watching so the commercial endorsements that support the network can be seen by as many people as possible.

If you can't afford the good food or if you can't afford health care or if you don't have a job or if your car is dangerous because you can't get it fixed and you DIE, you just lost the game-bzzzzz-thanks for playing extreme capitalism.

In most cases the only difference between depression and disappointment is your level of commitment.

What comics sacrifice and what lives they live - I know that most of their lives, their adult lives, they're sitting around or walking around with notebooks, writing things down. Usually they're fairly sensitive. Usually they're very bright. And that makes them poets.

When I was a bit older I had all of the George Carlin records, all of the Steve Martin records, all of the Cheech and Chong records and all of the Richard Pryor records.

I'm proud to be part of a generation where reading is a 'look.'