When you are interviewing someone, don't just write down what he says. Ask yourself: Does this guy remind you of someone? What does the room feel like? Notice smells, voice inflection, neighborhoods you pass through. Be a cinematographer.

John Goodman is more that just a big guy, he's a wonderful actor.

While it is true that many hep C victims became infected through blood transfusions or organ transplants or in other innocent ways, mine was contracted during my college years, when I showed as much care for my personal health as your average suicide bomber.

If I feel like someone's trying to bring me down, I just walk away from it.

When you're interviewing someone, you're in control. When you're being interviewed, you think you're in control, but you're not.

A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someone else does.