There's a lot of mountain climbers trapped inside of bodies of people behind the counter at Kinko's.

I've never been in a situation where I had to run for my life, but I've been bitten by a lot of poisonous snakes where it was fairly painful. Pythons of size have a lot of teeth in that mouth, it's a painful bite and those wounds get infected fairly easily. I've got snake wounds from these animals that have lasted quite a while where it'll ache for several days. Having said that, I've been lucky; it's not like I'm looking for trouble with these animals either. It's not an envelope I'm willing to push.

I travel because I want to know. Books and documentaries will only get you so far. If you want to know, you will have to go.

If I'm in L.A. for longer than 20 days, I'm looking for work, because I don't do vacations.

Creating problems is easy. We do it all the time. Finding solutions, ones that last and produce good results, requires guts and care.

In fact, every place I've been to in Africa has a nice part, but you see the downside. Calcutta , parts of Central and South America , I've seen a lot of dead bodies and a lot of sad poverty and just obliteration.

With writing, there are multiple drafts. On stage, there is one take. I do a lot of preparation for shows, so, for the most part, what you hear me say is pretty much what I wanted to get at.