For me to do a story, something has to happen to someone. It's a story in the way you learn what a story is in third grade, where there is a person and things happen to them and then something big happens and they realize something new.

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

Brad Pitt is so good-looking there's a lightbulb inside of him shooting good-looking-ness in all directions.

I dont meet many people who are talking about shows on Showtime.

For people starting public radio shows, one of the things you have to do is you have to talk every single public radio station into picking you up.

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.

But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake.