You can find out anything you want about a car now, and especially every bit of information about the price, without relying on the dealers.

Oversized houses, like oversized cars, seem to be a particularly American fixation.

Here's a habit I never thought I'd develop: I gravitate to anything online that's marked 'most popular' or 'most e-mailed.' And I hate myself a little bit every time I do.

Writing about someone well known removes that obligation of defending it as a subject, but it also means that some of the surprise and freshness is already gone. It's so different - in some ways much harder for me.

Sometimes I think I've figured out some order in the universe, but then I find myself in Florida

I can imagine a future in which real books will exist but in a more limited, particular way.

We do a lot of bird-watching up in the country, but we almost never have a chance to people-watch. There simply aren't enough human beings up here: there is nowhere you can park yourself with a cup of coffee and observe the species on parade.