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My main point is to be funny; if I can slip a message in there, fine.

Learn the art of the pitch and of messaging.

My ultimate aim would be to captivate an audience, even just for a second.

I don't try to communicate with my 'audience'. I don't bother with that any more. I used to try to have conversations with people, but it's futile.

Not only must the message be correctly delivered, but the messenger himself must be such as to recommend it to acceptance.

As a writer you have a duty to be a messenger.

I'm not sure I'm trying to communicate a message. I'm just trying to be part of the movement away from the unacceptable present.

You want to be understood by the sophisticated few but you also have to be more loud somehow, otherwise your message doesn't go through.

I'm not a person who needs to chit-chat between takes by any means.

We've learned a bunch of things; when you send a message to people, keep those messages short. Imagine walking up to a girl in a bar and going into a four-minute speech about how great you are. No one wants to hear that.