I grew up watching Burns and Allen on TV. They did some amazing things on the TV show, they did surreal things. Gracie would be conspiring with her neighbor Blanche to put something over on George.

It was like Burns and Allen, and any twosome really. They fed off each other with physical stuff and vocal.

It's amazing the clarity that comes with psychotic jealousy.

I type even faster than I talk. I'm very proud of that. I type so fast. And I have to because the characters are living in real time and I've got to keep up with them. It's a miracle they even give me a royalty.

The truth is, I initially became a singer-songwriter while still in my teens because it was the only way to guarantee that somebody on earth would sing the songs I was writing. Since then, I've performed just about everywhere: rock clubs, concerts halls, arenas, TV.

He read it in a ring binder, ... He said he thought the setting was fascinating, but he also liked the co-dependencies of the characters.