Something has happened where you almost never grow up in America. Maybe it's the greater wealth.

In fact, I have no hobbies. The only thing I like to do in life is to go to the Russian Baths in Manhattan. I also like to watch sports on TV, and I like to read books. So that's it - Russian Baths, sports, and books.

Unfortunately, I'm one of those idiots who knows everything about health and is in a constant state of alarm, and yet I continue to do everything I shouldn't do.

I am part of a vast generation of people who perpetually live as if they just graduated from college.

I grew up in northern New Jersey - the banlieue of New York - and I now live in Brooklyn. I am separated from my parents by about 50 miles, but really there is almost no distance between us. I speak to them nearly every day.

There are so many talented young writers named Jonathan, with whom by comparison I suffer terribly.

The reason it's hard for me to tweet is I don't want to pronounce anything, and Twitter is for pronouncing.