The biggest problem with working at a treadmill desk: the compulsion to announce constantly that you are working at a treadmill desk.

Most writing doesn’t take place on the page; it takes place in your head.

It is hard to imagine Thomas Kinkade as anything less than supremely self-assured.

I'm much more willing to buy a novel electronically by someone I don't know. Because if halfway through I think, I don't really like this, I can just stop. I can't throw books out, even if I think they're crummy. I feel like I've got to give it to the library. I've got to loan it to somebody, or I keep it on my shelf. It's like a plant.

I've definitely taken a lot of consolation from animals in my life. There have been times when I've been really sad, and they gave solace and comfort and companionability more than a person.

I love writing traditional magazine pieces, and especially their breadth of reporting and the deliberateness of the writing.

I am unusually Halloween-attentive, because, as it happens, I was born on Halloween, so for me it has always been an occasion of great moment.