I'm from Wisconsin so I always feel a little nauseous about begging and trying to trick people into liking me.

I've never done well when I've been appreciated. I've done best when I'm targeted for death.

The public's perception of your show is what it is, and you don't get to complain how people perceive your show or talk about it.

I expect the audience to assume TV is stupid. I accept that it's my job to overcome it.

'I want to touch people but if I touch them in real life they'll slap me.' That's what writing isit's a gross person getting a hug.

There are no normal people, there are just different kinds of weird, all of it is human and all humanity is better than everything inhuman. So I urge you to keep expressing yourself as honestly as you can, and know that the backpedals and second-guesses really aren't necessary - they don't hurt but they're wasting your time - because when you are truly human, as we all are, and when that is your honest message to anyone, you are beyond reproach, there is no way to screw it up.

I say what's in my head, and I'm on honest ground. That is worth so much, and I think it does make my job, as a writer, easier. It makes it possible for me to give people stuff that they like.