I love having people around who are better interviewers than I am and who can make the time to do a really great job. All of the interviews that we've published are with people who really interest me.

I don't think much about the issues after they come out. I like it when people like them. Often, when people have criticisms, I find myself agreeing with them. I think some issues are stronger than others. I hope we're getting a little bit better, overall, issue by issue.

Names don't matter, CVs don't matter, previous publications don't matter at all, because, in a certain way, the ideal is for someone to come completely out of left field. And still, of course, it is hard to say no to a writer who matters a lot to you and who you know matters to your readers.

The real threat to reading isn’t the time we spend hanging out, it’s the time we spend online.

If you wrote about sex the way Jim [Salter] writes about sex in nonfiction, you would be a sociopath.

I don't know what people should be reading. Only you know what you should be reading.

In general, short stories are less read than before, they're less published than before and, not surprisingly, they're less taught than before.