I felt impelled to write. It felt demonic, and I wanted to improve, the way some people habitually pick up a guitar and get better at playing it and making up songs.

Some people are contriving ways and means of making us collapse.

If you believe in making change from the bottom up, if you believe the measure of change is how many people's lives are better, you know it's hard, and some people think it's boring.

I'm hyped up when I'm working. Some people eat when they're hyped up and some people don't. I'm the 'don't.'

Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine.

You pick up some fans and a handful of haters along the way.