We’re built to deal with death, disease, failure, struggle, heartbreak, problems. It’s what separates us from the animals and why we envy and love animals so much. We’re aware of it all and have to process it. The way we each handle being human is where all the good stories, jokes, art, wisdom, revelations, and bullshit come from.

I know that the podcast is typically something I can do forever, because it's mine; it's just me and my producer and business partner, so it's our business.

Dogs are too much to handle. I don't need anything in my house that's needier than me.

Most of my comedy writing happens through improvisation on stage; doing it in the moment.

When you commit your life to something and it doesn't work out, it is a tough place to be. Suicide can be the spiritual reprieve of a faithless person. I knew I could always just end it, and there was solace in that.

Your insecurity and neediness is what makes you a big neurotic ball of comedy genius.

I think the reason Jesus is so popular, just on a celebrity level, is that he died at the peak of his career.