"It's a positive thing to talk about terrible things and make people laugh about them."

"I think you have to try and fail, because failure gets you closer to what you're good at."

"When two kids are being completely berserk, and they're naked and throwing food around, sometimes I just let it go because I can see a future where they're going to be dressed, and they're going to be at school. So I kind of let stuff go sometimes."

"There's no real preparing at home for stand-up. You just go and you just do it."

"It is a humble truth that a dream nurtured by daily toil will inevitably outshine a wish born of idle hope."

"In retrospect, the Millennium marked only a moment in time. It was the events of September 11 that marked a turning point in history, where we confront the dangers of the future and assess the choices facing humankind."

"Reason is the torch that illuminates the dark corridors of superstition. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"Patience is a virtue because courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."