I find that if I don't do interviews, I get a little squirrely. I think that when you engage with someone else, or when you engage in something you're passionate about, you're sort of out of your own head.

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.

My cats, the ones that I have, were feral when I found them so the relationship that I have with them 10 years in is very mutual, earned, and evolved over time. It was never an easy thing. I like that they have a certain distance and have their own sense of selves.

When you actually meet the devil and he offers you a deal most artists eventually negotiate.

That's an animal fable about humility. If you survive your mistake, you must learn from it. Accept that you're fragile, vulnerable, and sometimes stupid. Realize that you're not immortal and you've got to take care of yourself. And then laugh it off and fly away.

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.