Jews are the most liberal, scrappy, civil-rightsy people there are.

I never want to be in a position where I have to defend my material. It's too subjective. It's for other people to defend or not defend.

I grew up in a house where there were no taboos, so it came originally from a pretty innocent place, where I was shocked at the things that shocked people.

I started out in clubs, and I've always liked clubs. I like theaters because people are there for the show.

In the '80s especially, a lot of comedians felt compelled to stick with what made them famous and those people became caricatures.

And I like that people sometimes get more out of it - if it instigates thoughts about race, or sex, or something.