I write on a laptop, so it's impossible to count drafts anymore.

Being rich and thin isn't everything.

It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.

The French have a new president, the British will soon have a new P.M., and we envy them as we endure the endless wait for this small dim man to go back to Texas and resume his life.

Intelligence is like four-wheel drive. It only allows you to get stuck in more remote places.

For me, the monologue was the favorite thing I had done in radio. It was based on writing, but in the end it was radio, it was standing up and leaning forward into the dark and talking, letting words come out of you.

I think the most un-American thing you can say is, 'You can't say that.'