Who can't like pigs? They're wonderful creatures! I've always liked pigs.

New York is a wonderful place to be up, an awful place to be down.

I've always had a creative urge and I get immense satisfaction from creating something because it feels like I'm making sense of the world and imposing order on it.

My parents were very supportive and always encouraged us. My father was a gentle, nice man. My mother was quite a colorful character and a keen reader who encouraged me to write.

My wife Elizabeth and I started The Really Terrible Orchestra for people like us who are pretty hopeless musicians who would like to play in an orchestra. It has been a great success. We give performances; we've become the most famous bad orchestra in the world.

As a writer, I have readers who will have a range of political views. I don't think they look to me for political guidance.