It did not occur to me that I might be a writer until I flunked out of my first year as a chemistry major, and found work as an apprentice writer of Volkswagen ads.

Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It's not really any very heady fame.

It's not like this is the first year it's been like this; it's been like that for 30 years,

I flunked out of five colleges, and I did not know what I was going to do. And when I was sitting in the back of a comedy club, and I saw a guy who I thought sucked, I said to myself 'I can do this.' And I talked to the owner of the comedy club, and I found out you get a few free drinks.

So in the first draft, I'm inventing people and place with a broad schematic idea of what's going to happen. In the process, of course, I discover all sorts of bigger and more substantial things.

A lot of times these things do occur and we do not know about them, so it's important to report them, especially if it presents a danger to motorists.