I don't bask in the awards I've won, read my bank statements, I refuse. To me, that's how you start losing the hunger.

Just because the laws were changed doesn't mean that the attitudes have changed.

I feel like the downfall of any person is the second an artist starts celebrating their work themselves, that becomes problematic.

There's no such thing as success on an isolated level.

At 25, my idea of success may have been more vain, like, "I'll be good the day that there's $20 million in my account and I have this particular house and the wife and 2.5 kids." But at 40 - and I know it's kind of silly telling you guys this - but as long as my Metacritic rating stays above 80, that's all I care about.

How do you plan a rebirth? I'm not sure you do. You just stand in the darkness until you can't endure it any long, and then you move forward until you're standing in the light.

I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes.