Privacy and security are those things you give up when you show the world what makes you extraordinary.

[Smoking] was a comfort, an occupation, a drug, a casual habit, a distraction, a way to not eat, a way to not pay attention, a way to not feel.

Comedy is the only weapon I have to battle totalitarianism.

The intention is to make people laugh, to make people happy. It's unselfish, it's in the service of others, and as a comedian you are making yourself vulnerable in order to make others happy. And it has a transformative power.

I don't want to hurt anybody because of their looks. That's been used to hurt me so much.

I just think women are funnier than men.

Humanity is a natural foil for inhumanity, and humanity is what will ultimately keep us going when all else has failed.