I don't have many friends so the phone doesn't ring and no one's asking me to go out and go dancing with them.

America is a country born from semi-mythologized blood, glory and acts of selfless patriotic sacrifice.

When people make my country look bad, I can't stand it.

I really like older writers, perhaps because they take me out of my element. I don't have a great deal of interest in reading a fictionalized present as it's pretty insane as it is.

I would like go to Palestine and interview people there about what their lives are like; same thing in Iran.

My favorite species to study would be Cobras and King Cobras which are two different families. They're very intelligent, and they're beautiful looking animals. Where they come from are countries and regions which I spend a lot of time in - South East Asia and India, those are places I go to fairly often, and so the cobras are my main interest. It's not a snake I can maintain, but when I see them in zoos and what not, I find them interesting.

I read a bit of Ray Bradbury when I was a younger man. I don't read a lot of fiction anymore... like, none.