I like chili, but not enough to discuss it with someone from Texas.

Why in the world are you a Republican?

When you're writing, you are robbed of your delivery.

What interests me is what you might call vernacular writing, writing that connects you to a place.

We all know funny people who can't get it down on the page - even funny writers who can't get it down on the page.

Anybody who doesn't think that the best hamburger place in teh world is in his home town is a sissy.

Everybody is who he was in high school.