I'm intrigued by how ordinary behavior exists so close beside its opposite.

The ways in which things are superficially similar but also distinct is interesting to me.

Cynicism makes you feel smart, I know it, even when you aren't smart.

Fear and hope are alike underneath.

Maybe I'm a serial regional writer. First here, then there, across the map.

The world is a more engaging and less dramatic place than writers ever give it credit for being

Someone wanted me to write a profile for ESPN about the commissioner of baseball, and I said, "He's just some suit! Some Republican. No!" I mean if you want me to write about baseball, boxing or football, I'll write about those things because I watch them, I think about them a lot and I like them. But I don't want to write about Barry Bonds.