Cursing dads are terrifying, you know? Cursing dads are - I don't know why, but no. It just doesn't seem to me that that would be funny. I mean it might be - you could try it and see. I suppose anybody just losing it and sputtering curses is pretty funny. But I think it would be more of a challenge, much more of a challenge, to make a cursing dad funny.

When I needed to think or was really upset, generally I climbed a tree.

Every once in a while, people need to be in the presence of things that are really far away.

Siberia is so big, it’s almost more an idea than a place

I don't have a disregard for my reader in humor pieces.

People in Russia adapt to misery by a deep, deep humor.

Despite the obvious benefits, many Americans do not like Texas. Some even say they despise Texas, and make no secret of their feelings.