I wrote things for the school's newspaper, and - like all teenagers - I dabbled in poetry.

Class is a way of looking at society that divides people into different categories based on how much money they're willing to make.

Clearly, America has no shortage of metaphorical opportunities for the poor.

Life is an improvisation. You have no idea what's going to happen next and you are mostly just making things up as you go along.

Thirty seconds is the exact amount of time Americans can tolerate something they don't understand.

I've always been a big fan of beauty. Sure, you can't judge a book by its cover but who wants to have sex with a book?

There's nothing wrong with stretching the truth. We stretch taffy, and that just makes it more delicious.