Comedy clubs are arguably one of the last bastions of uncensored, public free speech.

Like once we picked Jim Norton as the head of security, the writing flows pretty easily.

I often think about my future wife and how lax she's been about getting in touch with me.

I don't think comics necessarily think in literary terms. There is an element of developing your stage persona and your comedic voice, but I don't think comics see it like a character in a novel.

Comedians can articulate some important and profound ideas that address a lot of the hypocrisy we're inundated with (in the media).

Not that that's the goal, but sometimes these funny insights can also be deeply profound.

Chris Rock went from a guy whose name you knew from SNL to a legendary comedian by working his ass off.