We all eventually become whatever we pretend to hate.

Gay marriage should be legalized in america because gay men are the only men who want to be married.

Soccer is like punk rock: The product is not necessarily terrible. The problem is the fan base.

The biggest hurdle to writing Fargo Rock City was that I couldn't afford a home computer - I had to get a new job so I could buy a computer. It could all change though. In five years, I could be back at some daily newspaper, which wouldn't be so bad.

It's peculiar what you remember when you're not trying.

Who Am I? Or (Perhaps More Accurately) Who Else Could Be Me?

What's hard to do is describe why you like something. Because ultimately, the reason things move people is very amorphous. You can be cerebral about things you hate, but most of the things you like tend to be very emotive. It's really hard to do a literary reproduction of what makes you happy. That's what I try to do. If nothing else, it seems like there's enough people out there telling the world what isn't cool, or what's terrible, or what's depressing. I think there's an element of cynicism in my writing, but I'm an optimistic cynic.