Only the nerds will save the earth.

It’s been a tough couple of years for condescending nerds. And if bookstores fall, Jon, America will be inundated with a wandering, snarky underclass of unemployable purveyors of useless and arcane esoterica.

I am not an Internet superstar.

Truth may be stranger than fiction, goes the old saw, but it is never as strange as lies.

When I listen to music - I don't particularly do it for fun all that much. It's not a big part of my life, and I'm not really on top of what's happening in the world of music in the way I was when I was a teenager.

Terry Gross. I would rush home from high school to listen to Terry Gross.

Any time you try to create an Internet meme, automatic fail. That's like the worst thing you can do.