There was a lot of tension between my dad and his mother and brothers. Sometimes when I was over there, I remember thinking, "I don't want to get shot."

I'm shocked and surprised by people that are shocked and surprised that certain things in life are made up or not as true as you might believe them to be.

Writing should be like skirts. Long enough to cover what it needs to cover and short enough to maintain interest.

The whole exploitation thing is funny, too. Exploitation is the nature of the world, isn't it?

We like something because someone else liked it.

The only hope we have are our bodies. We're all trapped in them and we all hate them, and it's this reason why we're comic and not tragic.

I just realized that I never look at a painting and ask, 'Is this painting fictional or non-fictional?' It’s just a painting.