I don't do talk shows or go on Dr. Phil's show. He's a friend of mine, and, no, he doesn't give me any advice. He doesn't give solicited advice.

Still when I go on talk shows, I worry that I have to live up to a comedic persona.

I never knew that I would be performing on talk shows with Sia.

The talk shows in the States want celebrities, not authors. In France, it is different; writers are called upon to comment on everything. They have a very public role there.

On talk shows I ask myself, 'What am I doing here?'

To me, talk shows are those things during the middle of the afternoon where the underbelly of society is made to look like Middle America.