One reason I do the live shows - and the monthly speeches at public radio stations - is to remind myself that people hear the show, that it has an audience, that it exists in the world. It's so easy to forget that.

It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud.

I cannot stress enough that the answer to a lot of your life's questions is often in someone else's face. Try putting your iPhones down every once in a while and look at people's faces.

The truth is, I just don't have that much time to see movies. So if I get two hours where I can actually see a film, I don't want to go backwards, I want to go forwards.

Honestly, I am so ignorant of how dance works that I cant even imagine a story that you would want to tell through movement.

It takes a while. It's gonna take you a while. It's normal to take a while. You just have to fight your way through that.

I am mostly a pretty worried person. In conversations, I am always worried about what to say.