Success is fleeting. It may not have to do with you but how your work is received.

I've been selfish over the years, and other people who have made it have too, but I can only speak for myself.

My writing process is very feedback-based. When I do stand-up, I listen to the audience. I try to understand what's connecting, what's not connecting, and then rewrite, rewrite and rewrite.

Everyone tries to get you to dance at clubs. They come up to you and say "You gotta dance! you gotta dance!" And then I dance, and they're like, "Not like that!"

Fortunately, I don't talk about politics on stage.

In our culture right now, I want to take on this notion of what a singular success means. We think success is one thing, but it's actually a spectrum of where our life takes us.

I went to a funeral recently, and they handed out Kleenex before the funeral. Which I thought was cocky.