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Comedians are sometimes resentful of their writers. Probably because it's hard for giant egos to admit you need anyone but yourself to be what you are.

Professional comedians, surprisingly, have a lack of humor. They're insensitive to the insanity of our times.

We all suffer in our own way; like, life is miserable. And I'm not, 'Oh, I'm a stand-up who's sad,' but the reality is that just about everyone is quietly unhappy. I don't think that pertains to comedians specifically. I think most people look at themselves in the mirror and are not happy with what they see.

Comedians tend to find a comfort zone and stay there and do lamer versions of themselves for the rest of their career.

It's up to comedians to shine the light on what's wrong in the world, and we don't want things swept under the rug.

I think a comedian has to be low status on some level; that gives you the right to do all sorts of jokes about all sorts of different kinds of people.

The tragedy for comedians is there's nothing more they want than to be liked. We desperately seek approval. It's almost like a personality disorder you can do as a job.

I think comedians see themselves as people among people.

But I will say that most comedians are the saddest people I know. That is the biggest paradox to me.

As far as I can tell, comedians are pretty serious people, and that's why they make fun of things all of the time.