Bugs Bunny cartoons don't teach adults to go hit each other in the head with big mallets, or jump off cliffs like Wile E. Coyote does.

I don't want to wait more than a year and a half or two years between books.

For example, somebody wrote me a letter suggesting I should be jailed because I was suggesting that grown men go out and kill people.

But if I'm going to cause somebody else discomfort by my actions, then I should probably modify my actions toward them to make them as comfortable as possible.

And I also feel like I lead a dramatic life, and I also feel like I lead a really dull, Chekhovian sort of life... one that's meaningful but slow and relentless.

I am too old for an eyebrow piercing but too young for an eyebrow lift.

As soon as I can afford a studio space, I'll paint again.

And I do think a lot of that has to do with achieving inner peace, and seeing the irony of what goes on around you without judgment.

Also, Tucson is a fine place to be if you like to speak loudly to yourself in public, which is a good thing for me.