Ray Romano

Whenever I walk off the golf course, I thank God that I'm able to tell a joke. I thank God I'm good at something.

In school, I wasn't a very good student - I was very irresponsible and never did the studying but always liked to get the laugh.

When you go to standup, there seems to be a common denominator of some form of need or want for validation from the audience that maybe you were lacking as a kid.

I get so much mail from young women saying that they are so insecure when they look at me, but they don't realize all of the flaws that I have.

I am thrilled to get the chance to write comics - and to tell Forgotten Realms tales, to boot!

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.