...And so we go and I meet his parents. And it's a very strange thing meeting your girlfriend's boyfriend's parents for the first time. Part of you is angry for obvious reasons and part of you still wants to make a good impression. On a side note, they seemed in perfect health.

Our fear leads us to say no all the time.

You need to know what doesn't work to know what works. It's especially true in improv and stand-up.

So I went to a club the other day, which is timely because my self esteem had been hovering right around 'normal' and I had been meaning to knock it down to negative 1000.

I was made to believe that my life was going to be fixed and it wasn't. I'm still the same loser who had flown to Los Angeles on my sister's frequent flier miles just six days before.

Awkwardness and feeling alienated are always going to be a part of comedy.

I find my fans are really funny people. Most comedians can't say that about their fans.