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

If you're not failing all the time, you're not creating a situation where you can get lucky.

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

Honestly, I don't see movies more than once.

I was a chubby, unathletic kid and conformed to every possible stereotype you could imagine of someone who would end up in public broadcasting.

I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio.

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.