Life is more fun when you open your mouth.

I've begun to look at the world through apocalypse eyes. Our society, which seems so sturdily built out of concrete and custom, is just a temporary resting place, a hotel our civilization checked into a couple hundred years ago and must one day check out of.

I know that I need honesty from the people I interview. I also know that the truth is more interesting than made up stuff, and also, people don't connect with you if you're not honest.

The strong live off the weak and the clever live off the strong.

Growing up, I was watched by my parents and strongly critiqued. Instead of saying they loved me or showing physical attention, they would joke that I had a Roman nose - that it was roamin' all over my face. Teasing was their way of showing love, but then you are young, sometimes you can't tell the difference.

I want to learn martial arts," he said docilely, "so when I want to kill someone, I can do something about it.

The good thing is that women have such high expectations of men that it inspires us to live up to them. That's what I learned about male-female relationships.