Babies should be classified as an antidepressant. It's pretty hard to be in a bad mood around a 5-month-old baby.

When our bed is made, it's covered in 40 pillows-like we're stockpiling ammo for the global pillow fight.

I definitely write about things that are universal, that everyone can identify with. You're supposed to write about things you're passionate about and I guess I am a foodie. I do love food and it's kind of like I'm an eccentric observationalist guy. To make it kind of universal, I try a lot of different things. When I first started writing this, I was like, 'No food.' Then, you know, it just always goes there.

It's a balancing act of you feel horrible that you're away but there is something about the road that is rather liberating.

There are different parts of us. You want to feel safe but you want to also feel challenged.

Ireland is a place that's beautiful and interesting, but I remember when I went there as a teenager with my parents, I was like, "Okay, I'll go to Ireland with my parents. It's going to be green." I think people underestimate it, in that it's, "Oh, it's green," and then you get there, and it's like, "Wow, it is green!" It's, "Oh, there's Irish music," and then you get there, and you're like, "Oh, this Irish music is amazing!" You underestimate it.

Kale is a superfood and it’s special power is tasting bad.