America champions the underdog. We champion the underdog until he's not the underdog anymore, and he annoys us.

Being an atheist makes someone a clearer thinking, fairer person. They [atheists] are not doing things to be rewarded in heaven; they're doing things because they're right, because they live by a moral code.

Funny bones, to me, are more important than funny lines. If a comedian is just not likable and doing the lines, you could read them yourself. Whereas if someone [you like] shambles out, and they tell you what a bad day they've had, they don't have to say anything. I love them. I want to hug them because they've been through something. And it comes back to empathy, always empathy.

Your God is the best God. In fact, he's the only God. All other Gods are ridiculous, made up rubbish. Not yours though. Yours is real.

Piracy doesn't kill music, boy bands do.

I think the job of a comedian is to make people laugh, but also challenge them to laugh at things they didn't know they could until now.

You try to make characters you care about, and I think realism helps. Even though this is a high concept, the characters have got to be real.