My mom was always someone who if, even now, I say I met a certain famous person, she always says, "She's married to so and so!"

The first time I did stand-up was the summer I was 17.

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.

In your twenties, I think you should have all of the sex that you're inclined to have, as long as you're safe about it. Use condoms and everything. Go with your instincts. This is the time to have a lot of sex and do drugs. But make sure you live through it.

People who like what I do come in all shapes and sizes. Not sure what the common denominator is per se. Oh, it's meeee! But to be embraced by a progressive community means something to me and this one feels like home.

People can't help what topics cut them deep. It all depends on who's inferring - and what the contexts of their lives are at the time.

That still feels like the most accurate description - I felt homesick, but I was home.