It's important for that to exist in a society that doesn't present you with any genuine problems.
“It's a little like casting out hundreds of fishing lines into the audience. You start getting little bites, then more, then you hook a few, then more. Then you can start reeling them in and that's a loveliest feeling - the whole audience laughing with you.”
“My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work.”