Of course a magazine is usually more interesting than a conversation, because so much more time and preparation has gone into it.

I just like to inhabit a character really deeply.

Ordinarily, of course, I thought it best to remain inconspicuous, but the gesture had a certain irresistable theatricaility, and an inevitablility. Sometimes you can feel the pull of what other people want from you, and you sacrifice yourself, you risk seeming odd or sunsavory, to keep them entertained.

I don't think it's shameful to admit that some days your time can be better spent reading than writing.

There are so many people who are so much better qualified to write about politics than I am.

We have to make mistakes, its how we learn compassion for others

I guess in life I find people who, at first glance, appear to be very typical or average, whatever that means, and then turn out to have hidden qualities.