To Make a Macbeth, you will need...

Jim Croce was here and only here.

I'm a huge comedy nerd. I was listening to - and memorizing - comedy records before I could tie my own shoes.

You know that old adage about cameras stealing your soul? Well, these songs nail the essence of who I am on the inside of my person.

To make an Apollo Creed, you will need...

To make a Blanche DuBois, you will need...

The first time I saw it, I was 5 years old. I didn't know the name of the song, but this image, and its music, stuck with me, followed me.

To the 71,735. I wish you were not a number. (I want to know your names. Like we passed in the hallway, exchanging notes.) It's hard to...

I want company for eternity.

When I lived on Hawaii I ate Coconuts She said When I lived on Hawaii I ate coconut. When I lived on Hawaii I watched Surfers sail She...

New York, I LovYou

What it's like trying to write a novel?

Floyd the squirrel wouldn't exist without the fancy footwork and delightful words of one Donald O'Connor.

I mean, look into those eyes...

In Too Much Heaven, Petrichor is the Archangel of Rain whose current residence is an apartment that used to be a pasta factory on the...

Because the squirrels of San Diego are fascinated by beat culture and fast cars, I knew I needed to find a mid-1950s to 1960s role model.

My muse, my mom.

Who put the WAM in the wam-a-lama-ding-dong?

West Side Story is a toolbox I go back to again and again.

The Ultimate Golden Boy for the Ultimate Angel Boy.