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.

The entire culture was organized for people who are happy. People who are miserable need reassurance that other people are miserable.

I wish that someone had said to me that it's normal to feel lost for a little while.

...uncorny, human sized drama

We live in a world where joy and empathy and pleasure are all around us, there for the noticing.

I don't think I ever played any sports recreationally for my own pleasure. I was bad at them from the start.

Go looking for an idea and it'll show up. Begin now.