"My characters allow me to ask questions that I couldn't ask as myself."

"I find the most extreme characters are often the most revealing."

"I think the most dangerous thing is to be complacent, to just accept things as they are."

"I'm not a journalist. I'm a comedian. My job is to provoke, to entertain, and to make people think."

"I'm interested in how people react when they're confronted with something they don't understand."