I have a huge and savage conscience that won't let me get away with things.

I was raised Baptist, and I like the fact that I got my conscience installed early.

Writing is one of the few professions in which you can psychoanalyse yourself, get rid of hostilities and frustrations in public, and get paid for it.

Science fiction let me do both. It let me look into science and stick my nose in everywhere.

People have the right to call themselves whatever they like. That doesn't bother me. It's other people doing the calling that bothers me.

Comedians have a huge carte blanche and the ability to get away with saying a lot of things.