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Jews have a tendency to become comedians.

There's a charm, there's a rhythm, there's a soul to Jewish humor. When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, 'You're doing a Jewish act.'

I don't really know of the Jewish tradition of comedy, only the Jewish tradition of not keeping your mouth shut. Complaining about all that is hard, unfair or ridiculous in life-having strong feelings, and not being able to suppress them. That, to me, is Jewish.

I know a lot about Jewish comedians.

Silence, this will surprise you not, isn't really a Jewish concept.

I think my sense of humor is Jewish. I'm smarter than most white people, which is kind of a Jewish thing, too.

I can't imagine writing something that didn't address Jewish themes and questions. It's such a big part of my life, a lot of the way in which I experience the world.

The funny thing is that I write and I act a lot about being Jewish, but I don't really think about it as a regular person.

Jews had an outsider's eye on a lot of Western tradition.