I grew up with donkeys, as well as horses, but I'm more interested in donkeys.

I figure that I'm always going to be fine, one way or another, but I do worry about other people who have difficulty moving from one world to the next. It's the folks who are truly invested in their lives who have the hardest time with change.

I'm pro-life, in the sense that chaos seems like life to me and order seems like death.

My donkeys are Jack and Don Quixote. They're very smart, very cautious. Much of what people consider stubbornness in donkeys is actually cautiousness.

I mostly write about the working poor. Somehow, they're not being written about much anymore. I'm very interested in people who are in a situation that needs a little puzzling out. The thing that gets me started on a story is a person in a tough situation.

I loved writing for the school newspaper. I liked to report and interview people, but I really liked to write columns, funny columns.

I can't personally drink or fight too much nowadays because I have to be perky in the morning in order to write.