One identity is as a television writer, which is very classically Southern California, but another of my personae is as a New Yorker cartoonist.

Adultery - which is the only grounds for divorce in New York - is not grounds for divorce in California. As a matter of fact, adultery in Southern California is grounds for marriage.

It was memorable the first time 'The New Yorker' bought a cartoon from me. I had been sending them batches for years every week, and they didn't respond to them.

Technically, I'm a New Yorker.

I grew up with fantastic Southern food. In Southern California.

I'm a New Yorker; I've paid my dues.