I have this habit of asking 'why do you want to do it?' and then interrupting them to say, 'here's why you want to do it.' Because it's in the 'yes...and' spirit [rule of improvisation].

I think the cleverness is inadvertent.

A girl offered me E at the club. 'Have you ever done E?' 'I watch E.'

I drank the Kool-Aid of being a network star. Once it didn't happen, I realized it wasn't the best version of my comedy.

Elia Kazan. He wrote my favorite book about filmmaking, 'Elia Kazan: On Directing.' There is a thing in the book that I do every time, it's part of my production structure. He said when you're hiring an actor, ask them what draws them to the project, and don't lead them to the answer.

I've read that Steven Wright's style was born out of genuine nervousness.

Creepy people do the things that decent people want to do, but have decided are not a great idea.