They were snobs or idiots or both...yet she was inexplicably crushed by their coldness.

reach isn’t describable in terms of cause and effect anymore: it’s simultaneous.

I did go on safari in Kenya when I was 17, with my mother, stepfather and little brother, and I kept a careful journal of the experience that was very helpful in terms of my sensory impressions of Africa. I have traveled quite a bit at distinct times in my life, though now that I have kids I've settled down.

There are so many ways to go wrong. All we've got are metaphors, and they're never exactly right. You can never just Say. The. Thing.

The answers were maddeningly absent—it was like trying to remember a song that you knew made you feel a certain way, without a title, artist, or even a few bars to bring it back.

Everybody sounds stoned, because they're e-mailing people the whole time they're talking to you.

The music industry is an interesting lens through which to look at change, because it has had such a difficult time adjusting to the digital age.