Ari Shaffir : (4)

" The biggest thing I lost when I left religion was that sense of community and the culture. It was an unexpected kind of free-falling. When I was in it, I didn’t understand how much the community was a part of my life. " - Ari Shaffir

" I’m not as much a fan of the venues as I am the comics who inhabit them. I don’t care if it’s a bomb shelter, a bus, or a theater, if I’m watching somebody who makes me laugh, I’m down. " - Ari Shaffir

" My father said that I was lower than a dog, because even a dog believes in God. " - Ari Shaffir

" I was on the outside of the industry. So I started a podcast early in the podcast boom and that caught on a little. I made an album that went to No. 1 on the iTunes charts. I made my own special. I started my own storytelling show. " - Ari Shaffir