I'm just looking for a little mystery in life... like things you can't explain. Like, you go to Mexico, they tell you don't drink the water. You go to any diner here, who brings you the water? It's a mystery.

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. So it's like he's sort of a senior and I'm a junior, in terms of the business. He's done so much - from writing on Conan and Chris Rock to writing and directing movies, having his own HBO show, "Lucky Louie," and now having "Louie" on FX.

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

I don't do the mirror thing; maybe once or twice when I first started out.

Hard work is a muscle that you develop, as is taking risks.

The more you perform, the more adept you get at the nuances of navigating that communal conversation.

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.