You'd think all of these "atypical" somethings would add up to a typical something

When you create you get a little endorphin rush. Why do you think Einstein looked like that?

For me, comedy starts as a spew, a kind of explosion, and then you sculpt it from there, if at all. It comes out of a deeper, darker side. Maybe it comes from anger, because I'm outraged by cruel absurdities, the hypocrisy that exists everywhere, even within yourself, where it's hardest to see.

We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.

Lance Armstrong pushes the envelope in terms of the human experience. You can have a personal best, you can push your own envelope. For Lance, the person pushing him is him. The only person he's competing with, I think, is himself. To push that limit to the next step. There's a lot to learn from him. Lots.

Cricket is basically baseball on valium.

I had sex with a prostitute when I was 21, I was so bad, she gave me a refund.