I always want to try and see what the appeal is in anything. It's the healthiest and most honest approach.

I know it's a cliché to say I write for myself, but I write for myself.

I get nostalgic about having lived in Ames, Iowa, even though being a vegetarian in Iowa is not fun.

Kayfabe is kind of a code. To break kayfabe is to let people know that the punch was not real and that the match was scripted.

Diagnoses exist to help get people services they need - but there's no such thing as mental illness. We're all mentally ill.

Our [former] governor [Pat McCrory] was supposed to be a moderate, but he found himself beholden to people who have much more draconian ideas. I think he assumed this stuff flew under the radar.

This is the funny thing about me. People think John just comes up with all the ideas. I'm honored. People think I have a big old brain, but actually I am the sum of the people I work with.