Life Is A Near-death Experience.

I Set Out To Become A Comedian, And I Said In Order To Do That The First Thing I'll Do Is Become A Disc Jockey And Know My Pop Music. I Like It, My Voice Is Good, And I Can Start Out Getting Confidence Without An Audience In Front Of Me.

When I See A Large Group Of People, I Wonder How Many Of Them Will Eventually Require Autopsies.

The Ritual Was Very Important To Me: Cleaning The Pot, Rolling The Pot.

Writing Books Isn't A Drastic Departure From Writing For The Stage. I've Always Written In The Long Format, Five, Eight, 10-minute Pieces Rather Than One-liners, So Since Writing Books, The Process Hasn't Changed Much. A Piece In My Live Routine Can End Up As Part Of One Of My Hbo Specials, And It Can Also End Up In One Of The Books.

And Now, In The Interest Of Equal Time, Here Is A Message From The National