I was diagnosed a number of years ago with obsessive-compulsive disorder - which everyone has, to some degree - and I have this really annoying trait where in conversation, I always steer it back to something that happened to me.

Instead Paula Poundstone continued as a comedian and began appearing on several talk shows. Poundstone stated her asexuality in an interview with the Dallas Voice in June 2007 saying "I'm totally an asexual human being. Poundstone currently works as a panelist on the radio news quiz show Wait Wait.