Inherent in mourning is celebration. Mourning without celebration or some form of acceptance leaves you stuck.

Listening to your own sets and listening to the audience as you perform. It's a conversation of sorts. There is an exchange.

Comedians have varying levels of training. It can range from classically trained actors (like Robin Williams) to people who took comedy classes to folks who just started doing it. That's the beauty of comedy: it's close to a pure meritocracy.

Opening for Louis C.K. during his "Hilarious" tour was a great experience for me. He is the generation just ahead of me, because he started so young.

Comedians act every night on stage, so they have great performing chops. They especially know how to play themselves, which is how we set 'Teachers Lounge' up.

Laughing at something is a form of accepting it or at list making peace with it.

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