Im from a family of doctors, and I think they really wanted me to be a doctor. I even sort of assumed I would be a doctor.

I think, you know, a lot of the business of comedy is taking your personal experiences and making them relatable to other people.

I was on this path to becoming a computer-science guy, but I didn't like it. I got no joy from it. It was very, very scary. It was suffocating to think that I was just going to do this thing for the rest of my life.

I think being funny had something to do with feeling like an outsider, not feeling cool - insecurity.

The whole religion of Islam is based on reward and punishment and reward and punishment, and it becomes a part of how you think of everything. Even yourself.