Christopher Moore

As Richard Pryor was to Eddie Murphy, that's what Kurt Vonnegut was to me.

I've made a dog's breakfast of English history, geography, 'King Lear,' and the English language in general.

You can't teach someone to be funny, but you can teach comic timing. If you listen to a good comic, you can learn how to put it on a page.

I found that with depression, one of the most important things you could realise is that you're not alone.

I definitely think that prescription drugs, like antidepressants, are prescribed so cavalierly, anyone can get anything, but I need it. I do think that it needs to work hand and hand with therapy.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.