It's hard to make something that's interesting. It's really, really hard. It's like a law of nature, a law of aerodynamics, that anything that's written or anything that's created wants to be mediocre. The natural state of all writing is mediocrity... So what it takes to make anything more than mediocre is such an act of will.

I dont take care of my voice at all, which is one reason that I sound as bad as I do.

The entire culture was organized for people who are happy. People who are miserable need reassurance that other people are miserable.

The truth is, I just don't have that much time to see movies. So if I get two hours where I can actually see a film, I don't want to go backwards, I want to go forwards.

We're Jews, my family, and Jews break down into two distinct subcultures: book Jews and money Jews. We were money Jews.

I dont meet many people who are talking about shows on Showtime.

You'd think that radio was around long enough that someone would have coined a word for staring into space.