I think that standup has always been an acquired taste and there was always only a handful of performers that were really inspired.
There's something about cats' self-sufficiency and their seemingly individualistic ways that I find compelling.
They used to have a smoking section at most airports. No more. They now have these glass-encased rooms. You're not just a smoker, you're an example to other people. You're an exhibit at a futuristic zoo.
He does have that weird mixture of born again Christian and stupid that some people mistake for courage and focus.
I was married once before, and I stopped.
I believe in God... just in case. It's like there's some list somewhere and you don't want to be on it. I don't want to say THERE'S NO GOD! and then die and say, Oh, Hi... Is there some kind of community service I can do?
I immediately went out and bought a book on anger management. And now I have that book, and I don't know if I'll get to the book. But I'm certainly excited about the day where I can't find the book, and I get to say, 'Where the hell is my anger management book?!'
My dad is actually a manic depressive, which is very exciting half the time.
Comics seemed to have a handle on things. They could sort of disarm and get control over reality. I found it very comforting to laugh.
Americans don't understand irony? I am an intelligent person living in the United States. My entire existence is ironic.
Most of my comedy writing happens through improvisation on stage; doing it in the moment. Going up with an idea and fleshing it out over time on stage and in front of people until it becomes a full bit.
I know that the podcast is typically something I can do forever, because it's mine; it's just me and my producer and business partner, so it's our business.
As I became very conscious and more aware of things I got very into the beatniks and that kind of stuff. They were very important to me for a few years.
I live in Los Angeles, I know it exists. I know you're not supposed to taste air.
Let's be honest, this is a consumer based economy in America. That's all we manufacture here is need and appetite. We are the world's mouth. They make things in other countries, and they're like, 'Send it to America; they'll eat it.'
I'm not a racist. It's really case by case; it's not ethnicity specific. It's just the way I react to things that are different. I think that's normal. Everyone's nervous when they're confronted with things that they don't understand or are different. That's a normal human reaction. It doesn't become racist 'til you say things like, 'Oh, there's a lot of them.'
Jerusalem Syndrome is actually a rare psychological condition that occurs to some visitors to the Middle East. They get to Israel and just snap.
There's a fine line between cultural criticism and bitterness.
I just wanted to be a good comic and had no sense of show business, but at some point you want the opportunity to write a show about your life.
Jokes do finish themselves. I really do see them as ongoing conversations about personal themes that I ruminate on.
I don't really compartmentalize well. I'm in a state of anxiety and panic a lot, but it's for different reasons. It used to be because I had nothing going on, but I work very hard and there doesn't seem to be an end to it.
I’m glad to be part of the war on sadness. I’m a part time employee of the illusion that keeps people stupid.
When I was a young kid I loved Don Rickles, Buddy Hackett and Jackie Vernon.
I'm not a narcissist, but I definitely have gotten enough explosive narcissistic shrapnel from my father. I'm sort of wired that way, but I don't feel that I'm pathological, so all I can pull from is my own existence and my knowledge.
The bile makes it better. I am an information wasting machine - 100s of words a day.
