All of the things I used to obsess over, I'm no longer as obsessed with. I have new concerns but they're a little more existential or cosmic.

I think that the mark of a great book is that it will meet you wherever you're at and you'll feel and experience something new and different each time you read it.

Knowing when to say something and when not to say something is important.

Time off from the news is always something I welcome.

I sometimes don't know what I'm writing when I start writing it, on some level.

I find myself going out less and less. When you're 22 and see older people start to do that, it's depressing, but once you hit 30, you think, 'Wow, I've been working all week - it might be really nice to stay in!

One man's uplift is another man's sentimental hooey.