If you want to be a writer, just write. There's no magic to it.

When I die, if the word 'thong' appears in the first or second sentence of my obituary, I've screwed up.

Nothing surprises me. After Donald Trump, nothing matters, does it?

One of the things I like about a character: I always think it's fascinating when a character can turn on a dime and go from one emotion to another. I like watching that.

The world really changed after 9/11, not just in the tragic way, but in every way. So it took me a couple of years to even understand how my art form I could process any of this. When the world changed, eliciting laughter with subjects that were funny to me before 9/11 just didnt seem good enough.

I've always liked to think ahead. Not stupid-far ahead. A hundred years doesn't interest me. But 20 years interests me, and more for what happens to humans as opposed to things.

Starting to drink now in preparation for New Years. No more last minute stuff like Christmas.