If you're funny, you can find a stage to get on. If you're good, you'll start to get work and eventually get paid.

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.

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.

Ultimately, an audience wants to laugh. That's who they like, the comedian who makes them laugh.

I don't know that I have a single comedy philosophy. But talking about things that matter to you is a good place to start. Listening is a big part of it, too.

Certainly, you want to be liked, but as you gain confidence and experience you're more concerned with expressing yourself and what matters to you.

Comedians are thinkers. The best ones are akin to philosophers, in my opinion.