When dealing with complex transportation issues, the best thing to do is pull up with a cold beer and let somebody else figure it out.

The journey is part of the experience - an expression of the seriousness of one's intent. One doesn't take the A train to Mecca.

I learned a long time ago that trying to micromanage the perfect vacation is always a disaster. That leads to terrible times.

It's very rarely a good career move to have a conscience.

Recognise excellence. Celebrate weirdness and innovation. Oddballs should be cherished, if they can do something other people can't do.

I'm of a generation that romanticizes and maybe even over-romanticized things that were painful, that hurt others. I feel that. But I don't know if I have any regrets.

It would be an egregious mistake to ever refer to me in the same breath as most of the people I write about.