What interests me is what you might call vernacular writing, writing that connects you to a place.

The food in such places is so tasteless because the members associate spices and garlic with just the sort of people they're trying to keep out.

I don't mind being interviewed on television or radio.

Being on a book tour is a lot easier than reporting.

I used to go to the Cleveland Comedy Club all the time. If there was a comic I liked, I'd go see him two or three times that week. Bob Saget was one of those guys.

You have to assume that you're talking to the most intelligent, tuned-in audience you could ever get. That's the way you're going to get the best out of people. Whether they know you or not shouldn't matter for comedy. They should get to know you pretty quickly. and they should be having a good time pretty quickly.

I like grown-up comedy, where it's about character and attitude and life as opposed to obvious gross-out and jokes.

Random people, celebrities of note come to your shows over the years, and I've had some really strange ones. Like the guy from Kiss. Gene Simmons has literally been in the audience at my shows, like, four times. I don't know if he knows me; he's just a big fan of comedy.