I talk to a lot of librarians, and there's always a steady drumbeat of how libraries are places of community. But a lot of them have also recently - and just in the nick of time - refurbished, because during this economic downturn, people have a tendency to borrow instead of buy.

I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name.

I think we need a 12-step group for non-stop talkers. We're going to call it On and On Anon.

Once I was gone for a month and I was just miserable, so I flew back from Florida for two hours just to be home and see my cats.

I'll probably never have children because I don't believe in touching people for any reason.

The truth is libraries are raucous clubhouses for free speech, controversy and community.

I have a very silly sense of humor. I've never laughed harder in my entire life than seeing someone with toilet paper stuck on the bottom of their shoe.