The Local Groceries Are All Out Of

It Was Easy To Make Fun Of Bush, But It Was Sort Of Like Shooting Fish In A Barrel And It Didn't Really Feel All That Good Because It Was So Easy To Do. I Would Much Rather Live Under A Thoughtful President. Even If It Makes It Harder To Be Funny About Politics, It Makes It More Interesting To Be Funny About Politics.

Twiddle-twiddle Away At My Softly Clicky Keyboard For A While, Making Twiddly Adjustments All Along- And Then Print What I Have Twiddled. Glare At The Printout And Snarl And Curse And Scribble Almost Illegibly All Over It With A Ballpoint Pen. Go Back To The Machine And Enter The Scribbles. Repeat This Procedure Until I Hate The Very Meaning Of Every Word I Know.

I Do Some Eccentric Dancing.

I Think Writer's Block Is Simply The Dread That You Are Going To Write Something Horrible. But As A Writer, I Believe That If You Sit Down At The Keys Long Enough, Sooner Or Later Something Will Come Out.

People May Think Of Southern Humor In Terms Of Missing Teeth And Outhouse Accidents, But The Best Of It Is A Rich Vein Running Through The Best Of Southern Literature.