My father was a joyous, joyous spirit, he really was. He was a hedonist, that was just - he enjoyed life, thrust up to the elbows with it. He was a terrible father. I don't know that he was parented that well.

Anything you can do in excess for the wrong reasons is exciting to me.

Now it's dedicated to my grandparents and to both of my parents. The first book was dedicated to my mother so I thought maybe it was my father's turn, but then I realized that everyone would jump on that and assume I'd had some falling out with my mother, which is absolutely not the case.

I say more power to [Madonna], though I don't know how much more power is out there.

I will usually be in denial about that, too, because I really don't like that. Sometimes I will recognize it and sometimes someone will say, "are you okay?" And then you think, "Oh, maybe I'm not."

There are two things that I know for certain guys are good for: pushing swings and killing insects.

My favorite films are ones that have my lines in it, and I like those lines. And I like to hear them.