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" The Internet makes everything much less mysterious. "

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" It's always the compliments from people you love that mean so much. "

" When I'm up on stage and do a joke, half the people interpret it one way and half of them interpret it the way I want them to. "

" I like all kinds of comedy. I like comedy that doesn't talk about real beliefs or serious thoughts, but then I also like the stuff that does. I think it just depends. It's a completely personal choice. "

" I think you can lose yourself in any creative activity - if you enjoy your job or enjoy a task, you can lose yourself in that. "

" I think the Internet has made it easier for people to connect with things that they really like, as well as provide a more personal experience, of 'I found this!' and then you can pass it to friends. "

" Some of my friends and family have tried to challenge me to do jokes that aren't as self-deprecating, where I genuinely express my own opinion in my own voice. "

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" Get out of your house and go see some live performance, for God's sake. There are people creating things just outside your window. "

" I was raised in Duluth, Minnesota, where you never say that you're cold, or that you're suffering, and you listen politely to people, even if you disagree with them completely. Then you say passive-aggressive things later. "

" I have a hard time with interviews, because I'd rather hear about the interviewer. "

" Schizophrenia is hearing voices, not doing voices. "

" People get really irritated by mental illness. "

" I love festivals because they seem like more of an artsy, supportive attitude - which benefits a more theatrical performer sometimes with having theater and other non-club venues, as well as the audience being filled with other artists. It's nice to be with other comics, as usually at other road gigs, I'm solo for the most part. "

" I've learned from my pets that it's okay to sit around, and people don't love you any less if you sit around all the time. In fact they might love you more, 'cos they always know where you're always going to be: you're always going to be laying in bed. "

" I think taking vacations and turning off the phone and only doing emails or social media for a specific short amount of time helps with work/life balance. If I'm checking it all day I start to feel cuckoo-bird. So I just do it once or twice a day instead of a thousand. And then remembering that it doesn't matter. It just doesn't matter. "

" I am a wild orchid of comedy, so I can only do well under specific conditions... There are people who I think can do any room, and do stadiums and thousand-seat theaters, and then there are people like me who just perform for my parents. "

" I do some compassionate mindfulness every day. It's like a Buddhist thing. I tell myself that I'm doing a good job, that kind of thing. It makes me feel better. "

" I'm sort of shy, and Twitter feels like chatting all day with a group. I like to follow people. I'm following Joel Osteen, Steve Martin, and an anonymous purple egg - just to see where they go with it. "

" I have trouble watching singers because they are so sincere. "

" In my stand up, I think I try to be less energetic because I feel embarrassed about how much enthusiasm I have. There's something about acting like I don't care, or if I act like I haven't spent enough time on it, it seems to go better. If I act like I'm really trying to sell it, it doesn't go as well. "

" I express things through characters because I have a fear that my own voice is irritating because that's been said to me. "

" I get sort of short with people and start grumbling and clearing my throat - in honor of my father - when I'm impatient. It's very charming. "

" I find it creatively satisfying to write material and say it out loud in a public place, whether or not anyone's listening. "

" I have received more fulfillment and adulation than I would ever know what to do with in terms of show business. "