Everybody is corrupted by hotel rooms. You can't help it. It's the only place in the world where you walk in and the first think you do is steal everything before you take your coat off.

Children are the most honest critics. They will say "You're funny", but also "You're pathetic - go away."

I've always wanted to visit [Washington]. The Smithsonian has some fantastic archival material on blues music, which I'm really into. There's a ton of stuff I want to do there. but it just never happened.

[Washington] is the political capital. It's essentially a big office.

I'm just trying to understand what's around me as much as anyone else is, really. To draw a bead on a moving target.

I write all the time, but you just want to be careful what you put out. That's all. You want to have the confidence that you've done what you need to do to it, because otherwise it's an exercise in vanity.

I need a healthy injection of cynicism right now.