I had become an atheist at the age of thirteen, when atomic bombs were dropped on Japan.

I had become an atheist at the age of thirteen, when atomic bombs were dropped on Japan.

Watch yourself as though you were observing a Martian.

English is my second language. Laughter is my first.

I guess I'm a spiritual secularist, if that's not an oxymoron. My paths of secularism and spirituality are the same: I try to do the appropriate thing at each moment.

For years, reality has been nipping at the heels of satire. Now, it's finally caught up. I don't need to make this stuff up.

The more repression there is, the more need there is for irreverence toward those who are responsible for that repression. But too often sarcasm passes for irony, name-calling passes for insight, bleeped-out four-letter words pass for wit, and lowest-common-denominator jokes pass for analysis. Satire should have a point of view. It doesn't have to get a belly laugh. It does have to present criticism.