Whether people know the evolution of the conversation or not, I don't know, but thematically, as a comedian, I stay in the same ballpark - around my issues and my philosophy of life.

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

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.

The truth is, I can’t read anything with any distance. Every book is a self-help book to me. Just having them makes me feel better.

I think things evolve into jokes. I don't generally write them down as jokes. I talk them out.

There's this whole post-modern, nuevo beatnik, retro-bohemian thing going on, you know what I mean? You walk into some coffee shops, and it feels like you're an ex-patriot in Paris in the 20s. You're like, 'Hey, isn't that a young Ernest Hemingway over there? Yeah, I think it is! Hey, let's go have a look and see what he's writing... It's a Gap application.'

How complicated can ice cream flavors be? How much can you put in there? I mean, when the flavor's something like banana ice cream with caramel, fudge chunks, cheddar goldfish and pennies - you've got to draw a line there.