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I always gravitate towards anything from Ireland. With Irish lit, I love the use of language, but also in many instances, the Irish writers are writing about people and circumstances that I can relate to.

The most brilliant satire of all time was 'A Modest Proposal' by Jonathan Swift. You'll notice how everything got straightened out in Ireland within days of that coming out.

I think there's something about the Irish experience - that we had to have a sense of humor or die.

Britain's a funny place and there's a lot of funny people coming out of there and a lot of people are finding mediums to express themselves.

I love British humor. It's just so - surreal.

Yes... I miss that everyone in Ireland tries to knock some humour out of every situation. I don't think I appreciated that. It's unique to Ireland.

There is so much cross-pollination between the U.S. and Britain in terms of comedians. British TV comedies work well in the U.S. American stand-ups make it big in Britain.

The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.

As far as Irish writers being great, I think the fact that there have been two languages in Ireland for a very long time; there has obviously been a shared energy between those two languages.

I love the satire and skewering of comedy writing.