I'm doing stuff on Kaballah and Scientology and a little bit more racial stuff, for good measure.

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

The sun shines directly on this great country, and it can be harvested, it's not owned by anybody. It's something the Jews and the Palestinians share and could work together to make the whole world a better place, not just this Middle East stuff, but the whole world.

Scientology is weird because it's new.

I think Jews tend to hold me in fairly high regard.

My stepfather, John O'Hara, was the goodest man there was. He was not a man of many words, but of carefully chosen ones. He was the one parent who didn't try to fix me. One night I sat on his lap in his chair by the wood stove, sobbing. He just held me quietly and then asked only, "What does it feel like?" It was the first time I was prompted to articulate it. I thought about it, then said, "I feel homesick." That still feels like the most accurate description - I felt homesick, but I was home.

Letting your freak flag fly is something, no matter who you are, that takes great bravery, straight up.