Cormac McCarthy's language is perfect. He is in my view the greatest living American prose stylist.

Normal people with normal problems can be hilarious.

I think that no matter how much you don't like yourself or the drama of your life you can still find some comedy in it.

I don't get it. If you're saying, Tommy Lee, you don't fit the image of the East Coast, social elitist wealthy people who comprise Harvard, the only thing I can say is you have no idea what comprises Harvard.

What appeals to me? There are things, points of view, uses of the language, habits of dress, ways of thought and believing that came to me from my grandparents and came to them from theirs. Things that are of good use in any situation, no matter what the future may hold.

I don't analyze things like titles.

Cormac McCarthy's language is perfect. He is in my view the greatest living American prose stylist.