I can't relax. I find vacations problematic.

Armando Iannucci is one of my heroes. As I was growing up, he was probably the most influential comic voice that I had.

By any rational metric, I am boring.

I get nostalgic for British negativity. There is an inherent hope and positive drive to New Yorkers. When you go back to Britain, everybody is just running everything down. It's like whatever the opposite of a hug is.

One thing that America is objectively exceptional at is overreacting whenever anyone accuses them of not being exceptional.

Everybody should care about facts. That is something all of us should agree on.

The disconnect between America and its military is shocking.