Nothing uniquely bad has happened to me in my personal life, but all the regular little bad things have accumulated to make me a neurotic person. And these adventures are my way of trying to make sense of that.

Capitalism, perhaps at its most remorseless, is a physical manifestation of psychopathy.

My ideal world was the early days of Twitter, where everyone was curious about each other and everyone saw it as kind of a window into people's lives where we could be compassionate and curious and empathetic and we could tell each other secrets.

It's not a good idea to define the boundaries of normality by tearing apart people who are outside of it.

At the end of our conversation she (Martha Stout) turned to address you, the reader. She said if you're beginning to feel worried that you may be a psychopath, if you recognize some of those traits in yourself, if you're feeling a creeping anxiety about it, that means you are not one.

I write funny nonfiction adventure books about crazy, serious worlds.

I'm not what you'd call a fearless type of person.