I'm aware of how pop culture really infiltrates your expectations in a way that even if you think you're savvy about pop culture, it's so hard not to have these expectations of what a relationship should be. So I constantly feel like I have to bat those expectations down.

I always think of baseball as so existential. Like, you're just out there in a field, in a big expanse of green grass.

No one ever questions the disorder behind her tarantula LA glamour – sociopathy, narcissism – because it’s good rock and roll, good entertainment! I have a low tolerance for manipulative, egomaniacal behaviour, and usually have to remind myself that the person might be mentally ill.

I really like Olivier Assayas filmmaking. He always has this global - economy thing going on.

I just think that playing bass, like punk rock bass with a pick, wasn't meant to be done for 25 years.

In The Argonauts, Maggie Nelson turns 'making the personal public' into a romantic, intellectual wet dream. A gorgeous book, inventive, fearless, and full of heart.

It's hard to write about a love story with a broken heart.