I want to be heavily tied to a city that I write for every week, that knows my stuff and I can interact with.

Early on, even in college, I figured out that it was just more interesting to me to create content than to write about other people. So that makes it more marketable.

I have a really high bar for being angry. Like, it doesn't even happen every year.

It's hard to discipline yourself not to explain yourself or apologize.

I want to be heavily tied to a city that I write for every week, that knows my stuff and I can interact with.

If you're at my level and you go to a bookstore, even a good turnout is not that many people. Sometimes it is. But for the most part, it's not a huge turnout.

I've definitely written people e-mails telling them I've loved their stories, but that seems more like a professional journalist thing to do.