I think the first time I was on The David Letterman Show, he didn't quite know what to expect. I think people generally are just a little afraid.

I'm fortunately not in a situation where someone owns me.

I don't really want to direct myself, but I'm certainly torn in that direction.

I can sit in the room with the other writers and just keep saying no until there's something I really like or until I come up with something. In that respect the proportion of what's mine and what's other people's is controlled by me. It isn't even fair to talk about.

When I was about five my dad built a stage for me in our basement. A full stage, with a curtain, a backdrop and a dressing room. There were three colored spotlights - a red one, a white one, and a blue one. Blue was for nighttime scenes, and red was for when we were in hell. If the neighborhood kids wanted to use the stage, they had to incorporate me into the play.

I take having a kids' show real seriously. I think it's an enormous responsibility.

I'm right-handed, and the police report said I was jerking off with my left hand. That would have been the end of the case right there, proof it couldn't have been me.