There's something about cats' self-sufficiency and their seemingly individualistic ways that I find compelling.

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.

Hopefully standup will become special again.

One thing I'm grateful for, and also surprised and excited about, is that I have a place in the community of comics now. In a real way. And I honor that. A lot of what I do is in support of the community and bringing new talent - talking to people that people don't know. And defining us as a community.

It's easy to maintain your integrity when no one is offering to buy it out.

I look at every book as a self-help book.

As a performer you are being used to keep people watching so the commercial endorsements that support the network can be seen by as many people as possible.