When you’re a bed wetter there’s only one group of people you can feel better than, bed shitters, and unfortunately they’re hard to come by.

When I was 17, I read a profile of Carol Leifer. Since then, I wanted to be her. I still want to be her.

I like trying jokes and seeing the response, and if I end up doing it in my act, it won't be 140 characters. Twitter is helpful that way to me. It's like a message in a bottle. But a lot of times I think I tweet the stuff I would like to say to teenage me.

You're supposed to have friends you can tell anything to.

If I don't do stand-up for two weeks, I get freaked out.

I don't want to deconstruct what I do.

Jews, black people - any people who are hated or who have suffered, either as individuals or as a people - use humour. It is a survival skill.