When I'm working on a novel of my own, I try to read mostly nonfiction, although sometimes I break down and peek at something else.

Unfortunately, I don't get to read nearly as much as I want because I'm always working on my own stuff, either the novels or newspaper columns.

I have my own studio down in Miami.

I'm working on my own work, my own publishing company.

I'm mostly influenced by life, what's around me, and my own childhood.

There's so much hate that we direct externally that we forget we have our own psychos. But that's the role of the satirist - you have to examine your own country and say, 'look!'