I've gotten used to spending more time with heavily narrative stories.

I've gotten used to spending more time with heavily narrative stories.

Sometimes you'll read something and think, "What is going on here? There must be more to this." The constraints of the news format didn't allow for more detail, or the writer didn't see it or just wasn't interested.

I am in communication with almost everybody I've done a story about. I have a fantasy that if I ever strike it rich, I'll have a big party and fly all of these people there, and they'll be roaming around the party - Billy Mitchell, Master Legend, Santa Tim, Rio DiAngelo, Mr. Romance circa 2007, and so on.

I'm always reading. And I keep a whole list of stories, often unusual stories. There are a hundred some-odd ideas on that list.

I don't know if any of the people perceive themselves as having been made fun of.

That's always disappointing when you find a good story and you realize the person has died, because then it's difficult to report.