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When You Improvise On The Spot, People Are Very Reluctant To Have Soft Moments Or Quiet Moments Or Sad Moments Because They're Trying To Fill Up The Spaces. So They Always Go Towards, "how Come You're Late?! You're Supposed To Have My Shirt Ready! You Call This A Dry Cleaner?!" That's What Happens. That's Why Improvising On The Spot Gets Very Dicey.

Art And Resistance Are Great Together. That's What Art's Made For. Look At Vincent Van Gogh: He Didn't Cut Off His Ear Because He Was Selling Well.

I've Always Felt Like I Work In A Small Little Area That Doesn't Represent Anything Like The Rest Of Society.

The World Really Changed After 9/11, Not Just In The Tragic Way, But In Every Way. So It Took Me A Couple Of Years To Even Understand How My Art Form I Could Process Any Of This. When The World Changed, Eliciting Laughter With Subjects That Were Funny To Me Before 9/11 Just Didnt Seem Good Enough.

When I Die, If The Word 'thong' Appears In The First Or Second Sentence Of My Obituary, I've Screwed Up.