Not being a liberal, I have very little grasp of things that I know nothing about.

Political stuff is all about his [Hunter S. Thompson] reaction to a situation. And my stuff is much more externally driven.

I rarely meet a politician that I don't like personally. They are generally well endowed with charm. Therein lies the danger.

Jesse Jackson was spending time with his family, or families.

Finally, one night we were smoking pot [with Michael O'Donoghue] and talking about the people that are invariably in high school, whether you go to prep school or public school or ghetto school or rich suburban school. And actually, it spun off from a Kurt Vonnegut quote.

I don't think I'll ever be a real boat reporter. My Rolex isn't big enough.

Creative writing teachers should be purged until every last instructor who has uttered the words 'Write what you know' is confined to a labor camp. Please, talented scribblers, write what you don't. The blind guy with the funny little harp who composed The Iliad, how much combat do you think he saw?