All I know is that when I go somewhere, I'm not an autobot. I am a human being. I am not an actor.

Omaha is a game that was invented by a sadist and is played by masochists.

I think if you look at the failure of journalism in the modern age, then I don't want to be called a journalist.

I'm sure everybody looked at me cockeyed. But if you don't believe it, then it's not going to happen. If you don't believe it, no one else is going to believe it. But if you believe it and keep saying it, then slowly one person will believe you, then two, then three, then four . . .

You have to make those mistakes. You have to do the work. You have to fail. I also realized that I should practice what I preach, which is that if you only do get one kick at the can . . . When you go to places like Africa or Asia or the Indian sub-continent, you realize that a lot of the people there don't ever get a kick at the can. There are no "kicks" at the can - you just don't have that shot.

I don't go to bars and stuff like I used to, but I live each day to make something.

I'm addicted to when people are bringing you around their country, telling you their stories. They become so enthusiastic, so passionate.