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.

To me, the print business model is so simple, where readers pay a dollar for all the content within, and that supports the enterprise.

I had grown up as a fan of Studs Terkel. In Chicago he sort of looms large and is mentioned often.

Nonfiction narratives are really powerful and valid in themselves. But one thing that you don't get sometimes from the more clinical or academic books or nonfiction books is that you don't get to hear the person's voice; you don't get them as individuals. You get a few quotes and you hear them as sort of a case study: numbers, examples, anecdotes, maybe a paragraph here, and that's about it.

A combination of acting, lying, begging, and cheating.

So this is the space during tutoring hours. It's very busy. Same principles: one-on-one attention, complete devotion to the students' work and a boundless optimism and sort of a possibility of creativity and ideas.

All we really want is for no one to have a boring life, to be impressive, so we can be impressed. ~ on the friends we choose.