It takes a lot of energy to be funny... for me it does. I feel like I work twice as hard when I'm doing comedy.

It's not work that kills [people], it is worry.

No doubt, some people are quantitatively less busy than others and some much more so, but that doesn't change the shared experience: most everyone I know feels frazzled and overwhelmed most of the time.

Well now, if that ain't a ray of sunshine," one of the men declared.

Over-anxiety ultimately banishes every trace of joy from life.

I hate knowing about illness. Whenever I read a medical book, I immediately start to get all the symptoms.

She was terrified. She was beginning to realise that after long months of selfcontrol, the pressure, the earthquake, the volcano of her soul was showing signs that it was about to erupt, and the moment that this happened, she would have no way of controlling her feelings.

Why am I unhappy? The question carries with it the virus that will destroy everything.

You may be mentally exhausted, convinced that your nonexistent problems—problems you know are nonexistent—are draining you of all your energy.

To say a compliment well is a high art and few possess it.

I really admire stand-up, and I think I would have loved to learn how to do it. I think it's terrifying and thrilling. A really cool thing to do. It's a dying art, in a way.

The more you look at your problems, the bigger they get.