I don't see my show as a stepping stone to something else like some people, who get a job then have a foot out the door looking for their next job.

For a while, some schools across the country were banning spelling bees. For obvious reasons, of course - steroids

I hope what I do has an art to it, and as an artist you have to try new things and keep yourself entertained.

I did have a love for literature that overpowered my hatred of the people who taught it, and I think because I had no respect for the teachers, their attitude didn't poison the writing that I was discovering for myself.

I think that clearly it has an influence, to be coming of age during the punk rock era, to come from a difficult and sporadically violent background, to have been in and out of such chaos, I think it actually helps. But I don't know for sure.

I'm hooked on email. That's right, kids, I'm one of you.

Gas prices - it is $6 a gallon here. People in L.A. are furious. You can't tell, of course, because of the Botox.