The opprobrium of assholes is a badge of honor.

All fiction is lies – if it weren’t, it would be biography, history, or reportage.

It’s trite to say that the world has gotten smaller in the age of globalization, but my travels have told me that it’s wrong to think that this means... there is some kind of uniform world culture.

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

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

I never learned to read music.

English is taking over the world. I just wrote a piece about it. And it's not by design. The United States dominates because it's the biggest market.