I always think that good writers should be growing up on the brink of death - it really lets them see mortality very clearly.

I am a kind of joke, but the question is: which kind? My job is to keep everyone guessing.

I was very, very sick when I was growing up in Russia. The ambulance constantly came to our house. I had horrible asthma that is easily treated in America, but they didn't even have inhalers back in Russia.

I didn't have a good childhood growing up.

Growing up, I always wanted to sing.

Growing up, I was always the small guy.