“I knew I wanted a 'Girls'-type show about my life, but what's the big ...” — Pete Holmes Quote

“I knew I wanted a 'Girls'-type show about my life, but what's the big thing that happened to me? Oh, I got married when I was young.”

“Every performer I talk to will, with different words, talk about the sanctity of a good standup show, how it can really feel spiritual. When everybody is laughing, fixed on the same thing, you feel like you transcend yourself.”

“I used to just want so badly to have afterlife insured and make sure I was going to heaven.”

“A really big thing I've learned - and I think it's so liberating - is when you realize no one knows what they're doing.”

“I took up scuba diving, and my next big thing is BASE jumping.”

“Suzanne Collins, it was such a big thing for me to make the handshake with her and to say, 'You can trust me. I will not screw up your books. And I won't let them be diluted and softened. And I won't let them be exploited and made guilty of the sins that are being commented on in the books.' I take that really seriously.”