I always thought that being at Time and tweaking your bosses and exploiting your expense account was just fun. Just joyous.

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.

With a Q&A, you need obviously to keep it snappy.

The truth is that people who pull triggers are ultimately responsible, whether they're following orders or not. An army of people making individual moral choices may be inefficient, but an army of people ignoring their morality is horrifying.

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

I'm not that clued into what people are that touchy about and how many of them there are and how niche these niches are.