I don't think my life is more interesting than anybody else's.

I felt uncomfortable calling myself a writer until I started with 'The New Yorker,' and then I was like, 'Okay, now you can call yourself that.'

I go to the movies at least five times a week, and after a while everything becomes a blur to me.

I just enjoy lying on the couch and reading a magazine.

I like books on tape, and will listen to just about anything.

I like listening to books as well, as that way you can iron at the same time.

I like to reserve the right to write about whatever I like.

I meet people at book signings. My record now, for signing, is ten and a half hours in one sitting.

I sometimes read books on my iPad.

I tend to show everything I do to my family, to check they won't be offended.

I think it's important to take chances.

I went from having 50 listeners to 50 million listeners.

I'm not a reporter but the 'New Yorker' treats everyone like a reporter.

I've always been very upfront about the way I write, and I've always used the tools humorists use, such as exaggeration.

If you read somebody's diary, you get what you deserve.

Lovers of audio books learn to live with compromise.

No one writes dialect better than Flannery O'Connor. No one should even try.

Sometimes I say to myself, 'Oh, I wish I could win a Tony Award', although I'm not that bothered.

The humor section is the last place an author wants to be. They put your stuff next to collections of Cathy cartoons.

The only real advice you can give anyone is to keep writing.