You always give credit where credit is due - to high school coaches college coaches - but my dad the foundation that he built with me is where all of this came from. The speed the determination the mindset just the natural belief that you can do anything you put your mind to it all comes from my dad.
I have enormous respect for Steve Johnson and as I've told him Feed was one of the inspirations for Salon. They were up there before we were. And also for Joey and the Suck people.
Inspirations never go in for long engagements they demand immediate marriage to action.
I've always believed that there are funny people everywhere but they're just not comedians. In fact some of my best comedic inspirations were not professional entertainers.