I live in Los Angeles, I know it exists. I know you're not supposed to taste air.

It amazes me that we are all on Twitter and Facebook. By "we" I mean adults. We're adults, right? But emotionally we're a culture of seven-year-olds. Have you ever had that moment when are you updating your status and you realize that every status update is just a variation on a single request: "Would someone please acknowledge me?

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 not against people just being funny or telling stories. I don't need to delve into the soft, dark core all the time. If it happens, it happens.

Comedy is obviously a matter of personal taste and the world always needs a clown and some people have no taste at all and any clown will do.

I just wanted to be a good comic and had no sense of show business, but at some point you want the opportunity to write a show about your life.

It may have lost its special-ness forever and the clubs might not being doing well but I think standup is in the best shape it has been in a long time.