What I wound up doing, which I think is really journalistically dubious, is changing the order of some of the things I did, so that the things I ended up struggling with the most wind up being two-thirds of the way in.

I love sushi, but I'm not going to write a column about it.

I think I realized that Dave Barry was funnier than I'll ever be, and he made no attempt to make any actual points. He had a general libertarian point of view, but in general, he just liked to make jokes.

I would be at home reading, because I felt so disconnected from humanity.

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

Reporting in general makes me pretty nervous. But I realized: all the amazing work experiences of my life were thanks to reporting. So that forces you to go do it.

I wish I'd legitimately talked about some painful moments in my life where I felt insufficient as a kid.