If you think I'm annoying and preachy now, you should have known me in grade school.

I went to public school all my life and all through college and I liked it.

I grew up north of Chicago, not far from where the Schwinn bicycle plant used to be, and was conscious of the fact that these beautiful, everlasting bikes were made just down the road.

But I'm thinking about 12 things at once, a hundred thousand times a day. Most people do, I would imagine.

I had the sensation that I might always be running like this, that I would always have to run, and that I would always be able to run.

I think I'm far too hopeful and trusting. That's something I got from my mum.

It's not that our family has no taste, it's just that our family's taste is inconsistent.