Because I grew up with this naive expectation of people doing right, I get shocked by every little violation.

Every time I get through the work on a book of nonfiction, I say I'll never do it again; it takes so much out of you.

I grew up north of Chicago, not far from where the Schwinn bicycle plant used to be, and was conscious of the fact that these beautiful, everlasting bikes were made just down the road.

I'm interested in the human impact of the giant foot of misplaced government. After all, we encounter it every day.

Three-dimensional results are important to me. I did once spend some time just writing, and floating around, and I lost my mind a little bit. I wasn't so good at that.

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