You have to go out of your way as a suspense novelist to find situations where the protagonists are somewhat helpless and in real danger.

I had a very strong desire to be successful at something.

Stephen King once told me he liked my writing. And that was great.

We're all pilgrims on the same journey - but some pilgrims have better road maps.

I think that there's a fine line between comedy and drama.

My brand of humor is trying to play the situation as real as possible because I'm not the type of guy who is a joke a minute.

Activism isn't about holding your faults up to the light. That's what comedy is about, it's about saying, 'Look at this person who is so flawed and frail and damaged. And we're all this frail and damaged so let's laugh at it.'

My mother saw the magazine, and she was like, 'You made it.' I've been on Showtime and Comedy Central, but none of that matters - all that matter is that she sees me in 'People!'