Adulthood is interesting to adults. But I would never want to write about stuff I dont feel everybody can connect to.

I get nostalgic about having lived in Ames, Iowa, even though being a vegetarian in Iowa is not fun.

Back in the 90s, if you did mail order in music, you could make a good living doing it if you could hustle.

While writing is a mystical process, it's also work. If you show up to work five days in a row, nobody's going to pat you on the back - everyone does that. Well, do that with your writing. Just show up. Be there for it. When you get an idea, write it down somewhere and then be a steward of that idea.

I still get really excited looking at stuff that I've seen every day for 20 years.

Not everybody relates to pain, but if you can watch other people playacting it, you can absorb some of that vibe. It's like watching horror movies - you want to have the experience, but in a safe environment.

People always talk about good time rock and roll, Chuck Berry or whatever, like this liberating force for feeling good. But what I need in my life is to be liberated into feeling bad. Not sad. I have plenty of sad. What I need is a place where I can spray anger in sparks like a gnarled piece of electrical cable. Just be mad at stuff and soak in the helplessness.