Comedy is like music, and the way to make the best music is to have skilled musicians in your band.

In my twenties I would be skeptical of a bad haircut, but once you turn thirty it's more about whether he a nice person and does he open the door for me. Once you turn thirty-five, it's more about would he make a good father. And even if you're just liking somebody and digging on someone, I think you can't help but think in those terms.

People are not enjoying life because they're trying to be something or brand themselves.

Be friendly to everybody; protect yourself; people sometimes want a piece of you for no good reason; and always do things out of love not fear.

I don't think that there's been one example in history where somebody has openly talked about their personal life and it's done them any good.

There've been times when I have existential conversations with myself, and I've thought about leaving and trying to apply my education better. But ultimately it doesn't really matter. Learning how to write, learning how to write papers and structure, that's been very helpful for writing.

Fail fast. Fail often... The most talented people in the world have bad ideas. That's a good thing to learn.