I don't think you really can send an exact message, because any two viewers are so disparate, in terms of their backgrounds, their point of view, their histories, that there's no telling what that message might be.
I try to not get to the point where one is making wallpaper, or simply painting money. I want to make sure that I am at least trying to weigh myself down, that there's a challenge each time.
I kind of just lucked into and fell into the other profession. It was really just an outgrowth of the fact that when I was in art school, I had no money whatsoever.
A cult following is a nice way of saying very few people like you.
Never underestimate a child's ability to get into more trouble.
It's hard to decide if TV makes morons out of everyone, or if it mirrors Americans who really are morons to begin with.