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I sort of write onstage. I'll throw an idea out there, like Home Depot, and just start talking about it.

When you're doing stand-up, you want to stand onstage and, to the extent that you can, uncomplicatedly entertain.

I'm always trying out new stuff onstage. That's where I do all my writing.

I can work as a writer, but I wanted to do stand-up.

I've never been able to write for stand-up.

I have a tough time with stand-up because I am an improviser. I can riff; I can do crowd work, so I don't prepare.

Stand-up is like a movie every night. You write it, direct it, produce it, the audience votes, and you go home. There's nothing more satisfying.

Stand-up is hard. Or to keep it at a certain level is hard: I have no writers but me.

Stand-up will always come first. I've been doing it for 22 years, and nothing compares to that connection you have with the audience. It's euphoric.