My cats, the ones that I have, were feral when I found them so the relationship that I have with them 10 years in is very mutual, earned, and evolved over time. It was never an easy thing. I like that they have a certain distance and have their own sense of selves.

We’re built to deal with death, disease, failure, struggle, heartbreak, problems. It’s what separates us from the animals and why we envy and love animals so much. We’re aware of it all and have to process it. The way we each handle being human is where all the good stories, jokes, art, wisdom, revelations, and bullshit come from.

I knew most of my radio listeners were lefty political people, and I decided definitively not to be that guy - not to address politics.

I always thought I was funny, but I was very sensitive, and very provocative just to get a rise out of people.

The bile makes it better. I am an information wasting machine - 100s of words a day.

I don't care what anybody says, I think that George Bush is absolutely the right president to oversea the end of the world.

There's nothing more horrifying than the possibility or the idea that you will just fade away into obscurity.