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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.

When You're A Kid, You Always Feel You Have This Weird Kindred-spirit Thing With Other Jews, Until You Get Older And You Realize It's Just Middle-class Bourgeois Jews That Sort Of Fit A Template That Your Family Fits Into One Way Or Another.

I'm Not Fundamentally A Writer. I Know Writers, And I Have A Tremendous Amount Of Respect For Them. It Bothers Me That No Matter How Well I Do It, It's Not Really My Format.

That's An Animal Fable About Humility. If You Survive Your Mistake, You Must Learn From It. Accept That You're Fragile, Vulnerable, And Sometimes Stupid. Realize That You're Not Immortal And You've Got To Take Care Of Yourself. And Then Laugh It Off And Fly Away.

We Live In An Age Where People Are Like, "i'd Love To Catch Up. Maybe Text Me Later? But Don't Call Because I Don't Really Listen To My Messages. But If You Text Me..." We've Displaced Interaction Into Sound Bites And Untethered Phrases And Sentences That Come Up On The Phone As Twitter Feed.