The world has become more complex as technology and easy travel mixes cultures without homogenizing them.

The opprobrium of assholes is a badge of honor.

You can really do more than you think you can do.

I must admit to being greatly influenced by Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a Thousand Faces.

There are certain things that ordinary people have that celebrities don't have.

As a child, I read science fiction, but from the very beginnings of my reading for pleasure, I read a lot of non-fictional history, particularly historical biography.

I write in American slang.