If New Vegas foretells something about America's future, then the culture wars are all but over, and culture lost.

There have been people who represent something very symbolic and I've been freaked out interviewing them.

People would ask if I wanted to host things and I was like, "No, I'm a writer, I don't host things." Just thinking I wouldn't be good at it - which is true - but also just wanting to hold on to some part of my identity.

I've gotten thicker skin mostly from being older. You just stop caring quite as much about everything.

You can get away with stuff in a one-page story that you can't get away with in a book.

If New Vegas foretells something about America's future, then the culture wars are all but over, and culture lost.

When Time got rid of my column, I thought it was all over. It was really sad. And then, I just started pushing it to lots of places. And I thought someone would run my column, I thought it was popular, and no one wanted it.