There's a fine line between cultural criticism and bitterness.

Because we're comics and we pass each other on campus, we know of each other, and a lot of the time there's a mutual respect there.

Jerusalem Syndrome is actually a rare psychological condition that occurs to some visitors to the Middle East. They get to Israel and just snap.

My dad is actually a manic depressive, which is very exciting half the time.

You can't avoid pain in life. It's how you handle pain, that's what defines you.

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.

When I was a young comic in New York and I wasn't getting any work, I was wandering around the Lower East Side with my notebook. I would stop at the guitar place on St. Mark's and talk to that dude for a while, then I'd go to the bookstore and talk to that dude for a little while. I had a guy over at the record store, and I'd talk to him for a while. It kept me connected to life.