Michael Moore's an asshat, and I don't want to be an asshat, but you have me with Mark Twain. There are many writers who are quite happy with having everyone hate them, as long as everyone is reading them (or talking about them--MIchael Moore again), but I'm not that kind of a person. It would really bother me to have a lot of people hating me. I think I'll stick to general humor and fiction, and leave the politics to those who like to argue.
RE: Writing Bad, But Keeping It Happy