"Music is like basil. Put it on. Don't think twice."

"The Cruise is one of my favorite films and very close to the spirit of This American Life: It’s funny and moving and …"

"There are stories that change the way I see stuff, like the Harper High School story. I didn't really understand what…"

"I don't tweet because I don't need another creative venue. I don't need another form for self-expression. I don't nee…"

"'I don’t know, it seems weird to be making this much money and asking people to donate money,' It seemed unseemly. So…"

"Why is my job like the second job that somebody who's a genius at something else can do, and actually still be really…"

"The honest answer to your question is that I think Anaheed and I could do this whole thing better, and that we're a t…"

"The thing that happens to me is that if it’s going well, and the person is really talking from the heart about a thin…"

"I'm just a very mindful, worried person in a lot of ways. And I remember the first time I took ecstasy, all that goes…"

"Nobody hearing my words right now is thinking, Oh man, remember that show, back when it used to be good?"