It really helped to have someone whose taste I really trusted who I knew was really smart and a really good writer. Sometimes I find it hard to judge my own work so it was good to have someone who could look at it. It was like, "Oh, she likes it, then it's good."
I approximated the Black Friday experience at home by hurling myself into a wall a number of times and then ordering online. - Kumail Nanjiani
I approximated the Black Friday experience at home by hurling myself into a wall a number of times and then ordering online.
- Kumail Nanjiani
I thought of America as this crazy, happy, exciting place where everybody's rich and there's stuff everywhere. Compared to Pakistan, it's not untrue. - Kumail Nanjiani
I thought of America as this crazy, happy, exciting place where everybody's rich and there's stuff everywhere. Compared to Pakistan, it's not untrue.
We only hear success stories. You don't hear about the hundreds and hundreds - the overwhelming majority that don't go anywhere. This is a more reali… - Kumail Nanjiani
We only hear success stories. You don't hear about the hundreds and hundreds - the overwhelming majority that don't go anywhere. This is a more reali…
You really need to have that discipline. It's not even discipline. I just put down these rules. It's not like a vague, 'Motivate yourself!' and do so… - Kumail Nanjiani
You really need to have that discipline. It's not even discipline. I just put down these rules. It's not like a vague, 'Motivate yourself!' and do so…
I was extremely shy and had a terrible fear of public speaking. But I had fallen in love with stand-up. - Kumail Nanjiani
I was extremely shy and had a terrible fear of public speaking. But I had fallen in love with stand-up.
The plan was always to come to America, because Pakistan's a scary place. They don't have religious freedom. It's very poor, and there's a lot of vio… - Kumail Nanjiani
The plan was always to come to America, because Pakistan's a scary place. They don't have religious freedom. It's very poor, and there's a lot of vio…
The whole religion of Islam is based on reward and punishment and reward and punishment, and it becomes a part of how you think of everything. Even y… - Kumail Nanjiani
The whole religion of Islam is based on reward and punishment and reward and punishment, and it becomes a part of how you think of everything. Even y…
I think being funny had something to do with feeling like an outsider, not feeling cool - insecurity. - Kumail Nanjiani
I think being funny had something to do with feeling like an outsider, not feeling cool - insecurity.
Just because you saw a vampire doesn't mean that a snowman or a Loch Ness Monster also exists. - Kumail Nanjiani
Just because you saw a vampire doesn't mean that a snowman or a Loch Ness Monster also exists.
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