I do have a place in my heart for animal shelters because the job they have is impossible - so many animals that need to euthanized because don't have homes for them.

I grew up watching stand-ups and thought it was so entertaining and unique - you didn't see that as a job description anywhere.

Never wear a red t-shirt to Target. I enjoy helping people, but not every two minutes.

I lived in Germany from when I was 6 until I was 10, so, of course, I played soccer. When I came back to the States, nobody played soccer, and none of the schools taught German, so I couldn't continue to excel in those categories.

In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.

I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it.

The Muslims in the Cape are associated with having a very good sense of humor.

Some major writers have a huge impact, like Ayn Rand, who to my mind is a lousy fiction writer because her writing has no compassion and virtually no humor. She has a philosophical and economical message that she is passing off as fiction, but it really isn't fiction at all.