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

Many times I see you as a portrait of torture.

For people starting public radio shows, one of the things you have to do is you have to talk every single public radio station into picking you up.

Brad Pitt is so good-looking there's a lightbulb inside of him shooting good-looking-ness in all directions.

I don't think I've ever stolen anything.

I remember clearly that when I was little it was explained to me [that] the way that babies were made was that God put the baby into some lady's stomach, right? And, at some point, I learned how it really happened, and really that was the beginning of the end of my belief in God. Up until that point, it had always been a really weird act of intervention on God's part.

Great stories happen to those who can tell them.