I did have a child, and I was reading a lot of picture books to her, but at the same time writing a children's book was something that I'd been wanting to do for many years, pretty much since the start of my career.

I was a huge fan of 'Mad' magazine when I was 11, 12, 13 years old. I'd scour used bookstores trying to find back issues, and I'd wait at the newsstand for a new issue to come out. My life revolved around it.

I can't get too offended when somebody parodies me.

I've always enjoyed animation and voiceover work. That's something that I've been proactive about.

The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I've parodied over the years.

I guess I lost a little bit of self-esteem that time that you made it with the whole hockey team.

What kind of morons do you have working at newspapers in Austin that would base an entire review of an artist's performance on whether or not they had a good seat?