I think to simply make fun of something isn't particularly interesting. I try to not just do a parody of something or belittle something or disparage something.

I'm fascinated with video games, though I can't really play them. It's definitely an art form that intrigues me to no end, though.

My work generally tends to be an all-out, 360-degree subversive take on everything, most of all my own notion of myself as a son, father, husband, human being and male in this culture.

I thought of myself as kind of an anarchist all my whole adult life, from the days when I was 15 or 16.

One of the things that struck me as unique about Hollywood is that I never had bad meetings. There were all enthusiastic, but meaninglessly enthusiastic.

When I started, I wanted to be thought of as tortured and seductive, not funny, but humor tends to be a reflexive part of a person's sensibility. It's an almost impossible thing to teach anyone, which leads me to believe that it's intuitive.

My relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight my readers.