I was in advertising for years. That was cushy, you know? It's pretty cushy in a lot of ways, but I hated it.

In order for us [people] to progress, we need brilliance and brilliance isn't fair and it's not polite and we can't grow it. It happens. Genius happens and it doesn't always happen in a zip code where we can access it. Therefore, we kind of need [Internet] not to keep tabs on everybody but we need to give them access to everybody else.

Decisions are beautiful. They are the evidence of thought and care. Decisions are the polishing cloths of life.

Because here is the truth: If you want to have a chance at meeting somebody with whom you are genuinely compatible, never put your best foot forward.

When you have your health, you have everything. When you do not have your health, nothing else matters at all.

It turned out I had always been a smoker. I just hadn't had any cigarettes.

And I tend to listen to NPR when I'm not writing.