I write poetry. It comes naturally to me, but from a technical point of view it forces me to pay close attention to language and to scan.

I am a comic writer, which means I get to slay the dragons, and shoot the bull.

I no longer idolize reason. I have come to accept that ninety percent of what we do is irrational and that we spend what little rational thought we have in justifying our irrationality.

I'm sorry that our country and the people do not consider the arts as vital to our well-being as, say, medicine. Suffering is unnecessary. It doesn't make you a better artist; it only makes you a hungry one. However, to me the acquisition of the craft of writing was worth any amount of suffering.

If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done.

Never let money control you. I'd rather see someone spend every red cent and relish his/her life than scrimp, obsess, and pinch the pennies. There's something repugnant about a person who centers his life around money.

Never hope for it more than you work for it.