I actually own a copy of my own book; that's how dedicated I am as an author.

Reality, while generally probable, is not always interesting.

I really wouldn't censor myself. But because it was on such a slower scale, I would throw things out, and I indulged the personal stuff as little flashes of truth. Little in-jokes for anyone who was paying particular attention.

Terry Gross has never had me on her show and you know, it's her show; she sets the agenda and that's not Hodgman. But I'll still listen to it.

I am a marginally employed person who can escape with my school teacher wife to the waters of Maine for much of the summer.

When a good friend gives you his or her book, you don't want to read it, because you're afraid that it's not going be what you hope it can be.

Well, I always had this desire to celebrate and somehow be a part of things that I thought were really great.