I don't remember a lot of what I write. I try to release it after it's out there so that I can be fresh again.

I'm not religious. I do have a baby - a four-month old girl - and that's a religion in itself.

As a child, I tried to play by the rules. I got very good grades in school; I was an Eagle Scout; and I believed in all of it.

I want to be tolerant of other people's beliefs. I have wonderful friends who are religious, and I don't want to say that they're dimwits. They should certainly be able to pursue what works for them. I'm just saying that it doesn't work for me and I don't want to pretend that it does.

I guess I'm drawn to religion because I can be provocative without harming something people really care about, like their cars.

I have a deep suspicion of social institutions and tradition in general.

I was brought up Catholic and, of course, I strayed and repudiated it. That's a painful thing to go through, because you have to look back and realize that you wasted a gigantic chunk of your life.