The trick. . .is to find the balance between the bright colors of humor and the serious issues of identity, self-loathing, and the possibility for intimacy and love when it seems no longer possible or, sadder yet, no longer necessary.

Work is a way of shutting out ambiguous sentiment.

No matter how successful I become as a playwright, my mother would be thrilled to hear me tell her that I'd just lost twenty pounds, gotten married and become a lawyer.

Bruce was a genius, conveniently born on Christmas Eve with, according to my mother, Messiah potential.

Sloth is the fastest-growing lifestyle movement in the world, and that's because it is completely doable. If you embrace sloth, it's the last thing you'll ever have to do again.

being funny is a way of being liked and a way of dealing with sadness.

The thing I longed for as a teenager is now an object of neglect and scorn. I've grown to hate my telephone.