To me, torture would be, "I can't think what to write in the next sentence. I'm stuck." Torture would be if you didn't have the next idea.

It [live performance] is just very difficult. Doing an hour, hour and a half of live standup is an endurance test. You almost have to do it every day to stay up on it.

With a cheery delicacy she divided my obsessions into three categories: acceptable, unacceptable, and hilarious.

I try not to think about legacy because it is all ­folly. If you study history, even recent history, you'll find many people who were quite significant in their time but are completely forgotten.

All I've ever wanted was an honest week's pay for an honest day's work.

I can understand the drug thing. So they feel that it's more important to take the drugs than to do a good show for the people.

I have found that-- just as in real life--imagination sometimes has to stand in for experience.