Honestly, there are so many things about structuring a story for film and telling a story for film that are really different from doing radio.

It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions.

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

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.

Don't wait till you're older, or in some better job than you have now. Don't wait for anything. Don't wait till some magical...idea drops into your lap. That's not where ideas come from. Go looking for an idea and it'll show up. Begin now.

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 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.