Everybody wants to laugh - you know that. They need to laugh... people need to laugh.

A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.

People have a comic bent or an angularity to their thinking, and those are the people who make jokes. And it's usually people who were in an environment, when they were young, where jokes were at a premium, or at least considered important to a life. My parents always listened to the comedy radio shows, we went to the comedy movies, and my parents appreciated comedy. So kids listen and follow what their parents like.

I write books that way - I put a first line down and say, "Where does this go?"

An attitude will give you heft.

I'm a charming coward; I fight with words.

If you can get a laugh out of a name, you're ahead of the game.