The Satiric Ethos Of Mad Was A

It Was Not A Triumphal Return. Home, As I Had Known It, Was Gone.

It's A Hard Thing To Age A Character Because You Can't Really Suddenly Give Someone Gray Hair.

I'd Been Upstaged, Demoted From Protagonist In My Own Drama To Comic Relief In My Parents' Tragedy

I Do Sometimes Miss Doing That Lighter, More Humorous Work, And I Find There's A Heavier Responsibility That Goes Along With A Literary Reputation. You Have To Start Knowing What You're Talking About And You Have To Go Have Public Conversations With Writers. That's Been Pretty Intense; I Have To Really Stay On Top Of Things In A Way I Didn't Before.

It Was A Vicious Cycle, Though. The More Gratification We Found In Our Own Geniuses, The More Isolated We Grew.