I write what I can. I think being able to write like Michael Connelly and have a character that goes from novel to novel, or to dramatize history like Vidal or Ellroy, or have an explosively inventive mind like Bulgakov, would be an incredible thing. I don't have that. I only have what I have.

I have always identified with Joan Didion's depiction of Los Angeles and Southern California, ever since reading 'Play It As It Lays,' 'Slouching Towards Bethlehem' and 'The White Album.'

It's always been impressive to me when someone can really do what they want onstage. The audience has confidence in the performer and the performer has confidence in the crowd.

There's no rule that you have to like Henry Rollins the musician or the actor.

For me, music was an age/time/place thing. One day I woke up and realized I was done. That was many years ago.

Chris Christie is New Jersey's concern, not America's.

When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?