Being decent is the only thing that matters in a terrible world like this.

The city glitters past us with its sharp edges, reminding us of how tiny, how weak, how totally unimportant we are.

[Sex] is really awkward. You know you have expectations and then it's this great moment of connection and it's a surprise. But that's what so exciting about it is that sense of surprise.

Sex scenes in books are always like first person, from this male perspective and just about how awesome he is. It feels like such a fantasy.

The most important things in your life are almost always impossible to predict.

Our worlds are so momentary. We are along all our lives and then go off that way as well.

Potluck Supper with Meeting to Follow is a marvel, deftly examining the connections between art and everyday life. Andy Sturdevant's lively, unique inquiries into trust fund kids, co-opted flags, gubernatorial portraits, art in second-tier cities, and Upper Midwestern esoterica, brim with both wit and humor.