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

I was also a big Woody Allen fan. When I got into college I listened to Lenny Bruce but it's taken me years to put him into context historically and really get what he did.

We live in an age where people are like, "I'd love to catch up. Maybe text me later? But don't call because I don't really listen to my messages. But if you text me..." We've displaced interaction into sound bites and untethered phrases and sentences that come up on the phone as Twitter feed.

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

Comics seemed to have a handle on things. They could sort of disarm and get control over reality. I found it very comforting to laugh.

Jokes do finish themselves. I really do see them as ongoing conversations about personal themes that I ruminate on.

I'm weird; I have a very strange emotional memory. I really somehow hold on to even passing moments with people.