“I have difficulty taking what’s inside my head and saying it out loud.” – pg. xi
“It’s slow to change, but most of the people are fundamentally good people.” – pg. 16
“It would be like if you were the only person in your high school who owned a ferret. And then you got to college and found a whole group dedicated to owning ferrets. You’d think, Wow. I finally belong… on an FBI watch list.” – pg. 62
“It was the first time I was willing to put 100 percent of my effort into one single pursuit without fear of failing, because I loved doing it so much that I couldn’t focus on anything else.” – pg. 67
“No one in comedy (or any field, really) succeeds in a vacuum. And the faster you find friends who challenge you and sometimes make you jealous, the faster you’ll grow as a comedian (and regress as a human).” – pg. 69
“This has been a theme throughout my life: Pretend I belong somewhere until I eventually do.” – pg. 114
“You always want to challenge yourself and try to get to the level of the people you admire.” – pg. 118
“If you’re not nervous, it means you don’t care.” – pg. 156
“You don’t need to do anything in life – if it feels wrong or unnatural, it probably is.” – pg. 194
“Any promotion or opportunity you get in life comes with increased exposure and increased criticism.” – pg. 199
“I learned to do what I think is funny and either it works or it doesn’t.” – pg. 209
“I was worried that I would look back and regret losing something good in pursuit of something better.” – pg. 304
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