Mike Birbiglia

How many people do you know who have thrown up on the Scrambler or a carnival ride? A lot of people, is the answer.

I feel that marriage can lead to the ultimate rejection and failure and divorce and things we all fear.

My dad goes through war novels like I go through boxes of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

I get younger people who watch Conan or The Daily Show, but before that it was mostly people who knew me from public radio. Those people are kind of old.

I broke with my religion in college.

A lot of our writers, like Conan O'Brien, moved on to other things.