The place I write best is at the Angell Hall computer center on the University of Michigan campus, where I went to school. I still go over there and rock it through the night.

There’s no key to the universe, you just have to point your way in one direction, keep going, keep going, keep going, and see what happens.

On tour, it's hard to do much writing, but if I'm on a deadline, I find a way.

In general, I always make it my mission to focus on the one person in the audience who seems to be absolutely miserable about being there and try to convert them.

My parents have seen their ups-and-downs but are still married after 40 years, so that's something.

I'm trying to quit huffing epoxy glue out of grocery bags.

The place I write best is at the Angell Hall computer center on the University of Michigan campus, where I went to school. I still go over there and rock it through the night.