From this site
"I hope that it comes across in my columns that I don’t take any of the stuff too seriously, and I don’t take myself very seriously. I often make fun of myself in the columns, and I often print letters from people who are attacking me. I don’t think that I’m the final judge or arbiter of anything, or that I’m infallible, or some sort of theater God sitting there handing out pronouncements about what shows should run or should not run. I want to be playful, and cheeky, and fun and mischievous and diabolical, and I like it when people give it right back to me. "
"I’m not a critic, and I wouldn’t be good as a critic. I’m not a good enough writer to be a critic either and I don’t have the intellect to be a critic. "
and most importantly..
"I think that people make more of it in their minds, and get caught up in it and make more of it than it is. I’m guilty of the same thing – I’ll go online and I’ll read what they are saying about my column and I’ll think oh my God, everyone’s reading it but it’s just two people that are reading you – that’s it. I’m realistic, no one’s picking up the New York Post to read me; they pick up the Post to see how the Yankees did last night. That’s the reality of it – that we live in a very small world that very few people care about."
The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity -- Harlan Ellison.
