The needs of the nation are not necessarily convergent with the needs of the deadline satirist.

I'm accused of, and perhaps rightly so, of not being mean enough. I've been taken to task in many a book review; a good satirist has to, you know, has to kill.

I love Washington. I have an affection for the place. For a satirist, I think it's sort of Disneyland. I mean, you know, there's always some inspiration in the morning's headlines.

From a basketball mentality, he'll be where he needs to be when he comes back. The physical stuff is always going to take time.

I certainly wish I were as good-looking as Aaron Eckhart.

Not much ever really comes of commissions, really. The last one that really came up with something truly concrete was the Warren Commission, and for all its good work, most Americans persist in believing that Oswald was working in tandem with the CIA, FBI, Lyndon Johnson, and the John Birch Society.