As a writer you sometimes feel the need to shake things up.

As a writer you sometimes feel the need to shake things up.

You have to respect people's suffering. To deny that the world is unfair and painful for most of the people living in it would be false and judgmental.

Instead of three networks you have three hundred or three thousand. Audiences are inundated with programming, and that sometimes gives them a sense of petulant entitlement.

There's a built-up tension in religion, and if you can release it, you'll get a huge and satisfying laugh.

I prefer to linger on the periphery before making a commitment.

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