If I have one criticism of the other late-night shows, it's that they're almost entirely scripted.
I've had a tough time with Pynchon. I liked him very much when I first read him. I liked him less with each book. He got denser and more complex in a way that didn't really pay off.
In Hollywood, if you have any success, you have this fear: What do you have to do to hang onto it?