"Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is."

"I thought 'Borat' was a breakthrough comedy, because it was really funny. It wasn't some studio-produced script with 14 writers."

"When your hobbies get in the way of your work - that's OK but when your hobbies get in the way of themselves... well."

"No matter how many times people say it - 'Oh, I'm just writing this for myself' 'Oh, I'm just doing this for myself' - nobody's doing it for themselves! You're doing it for an audience. So whether I'm performing or writing a book or playing music, it's definitely to be put out there and to be received in some way, definitely."

"It is a unyielding truth that every second given to regret is a precious second stolen from creation — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"My wife was the first romantic partner who understood both American and native parts of me - not so much the positive stuff, but the damage."

"Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute."

"In the age of the individual's liquidation, the question of individuality must be raised anew."