I remember the horror story that I told myself over and over again. I'm totally alone in my body. I'm totally alone in my head and nobody will ever see through my eyes. I'm just completely alone.

I don't want to deconstruct what I do.

Drew Friedman isn't just a brilliant artist. He takes you to a place. He takes you back in time. He makes you smell the stale cigarettes and cold brisket and you say, thank you for the pleasure.

I'm lucky because I intentionally keep my overhead low, and so I can say, "No, thank you."

Sometimes a joke that doesn't work just needs a breath or a little word or the tiniest little change to be fixed.

If you decide to do comedy that involves risk, risk means risk, and you can't complain of flesh wounds if you sit down at the table to play.

You know, I think whatever a comic talks about onstage is all they talk about offstage.