Voting really doesn't mean anything. I wish I could say something different, but I think it's kind of a sham.

I'm not crazy impressed with New York. I mean, I don't buy into that whole thing: Everyone in New York is all sophisticated, and they're into art and sophisticated things, and everyone in L.A. is just shallow entertainment people. I think people are just shallow across the board.

In USA culture is just a matter of commerce. So, you know, I don't really look for that, and I don't expect to find it in any city.

I don't think the American government has a lot of respect for culture.

It's not the norm when creators have any protections with regards to creative control. And so it took some time, I think, for the strip to gain enough popularity where I had enough leverage to come in and say, "It has to be done in a certain way or it's not going to be done at all," and then have people willing to put up with that who were ultimately paying for it. You know, for them to be willing to kind of concede those kind of things. It just takes time, you know?

I really get a little bit confused by all this "angry angry angry" talk when all I do is tell jokes and at least some people find it funny.

That's not saying there's not a bunch of good Democrats. I'm sure there's a lot of people who still haven't figured that out yet or simply don't want to have that pessimistic of an outlook, but I think the Democratic Party is completely worthless.