I went door-to-door selling cable television subscriptions when I was in college. Not to date myself, but cable was just coming on. I had terrible territories, and they would give me $25, if I got somebody to let them come and just put the little cord in their house.

I've never felt like my career has been on fire.

I don't think there's any connection between my journalism career and my film career. They are two totally different mediums and very different skills.

Setting goals can blind you to opportunities. You might be trying to get to point C. When opportunity B comes, you don't even look at it because you're going straight to C.

But it's hard for a chick to do comedy. It's not as open for them.

Tarantino thinks the Bing is a great room for comedy.

I've always loved cuneiform; I've always loved the way it looks. I love that it's the world's oldest script. And the creative potential of bad translation or misunderstanding or something has always been at the core of the idea of 'Dirty Projectors.' So the cuneiform is pretty playful - basically, just a joke.

Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but they're uncomfortable laughs.