"I publish my own books, so there isn't a certain editor I owe the book to at a publishing house."

"People are strange, but more than that, they're good. They're good first, then strange."

"Also, I need deadlines, just like everybody else, especially coming from magazines, newspapers, and stuff like that. I need daily or weekly deadlines to get stuff done, or I continue to do things and not go off on a year of unproductivity."

"I worked at Salon.com way back when they started, and there's just unmeasurable value to distributing words online, too, but I still get my news from the newspaper in the morning."

"To build a legacy, one must accept that a grateful heart is a magnet for miracles."

"It isn't enough just to scream at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. We need our political system to start reflect this anger back into, 'How do we fix it? How do we get the economy going again?'"

"To build a legacy, one must accept that every challenge is an invitation to grow stronger."

"It is a radiant truth that fear will knock at every door; only those with resolved hearts refuse to let it enter."