Now, I was one of those kids who grew up privy to both his parents' secrets, who acted as the intermediary between… — Tom Junod Children Copy Share Image
“What is grace? I'm not certain; all I know is that my heart felt like a spike, and then, in that room,… — Tom Junod Grace Copy Share Image
The child stars who emerged from Disney boot camp and dominated pop culture in the late '90s and '00s are not only… — Tom Junod Boot camp Copy Share Image
Every celebrity has become a celebrity because of sex and money. But few celebrities like talking about either sex or money; they… — Tom Junod Celebrity Copy Share Image
When a cocker spaniel bites, it does so as a member of its species; it is never anything but a dog. When… — Tom Junod Animal Copy Share Image
Character actors like Philip Seymour Hoffman and James Gandolfini have found themselves getting more and more leading roles because they are permitted… — Tom Junod Actor Copy Share Image
We love football because the game of football is better than it has ever been, and is somehow managing to attain, at… — Tom Junod Excellence Copy Share Image
There are only three questions that matter in the kitchen if you're cooking and not baking. The first is how good are… — Tom Junod Cooking Copy Share Image
The premise and promise of Big Data is that there are no stories, only patterns; that the human preference for story is… — Tom Junod Data Copy Share Image
My parents were ambitious people, my father especially, whose entire life was devoted to rising above, but his ambitions were defeated long… — Tom Junod Ambitious Copy Share Image
I forget what I wore for my first encounter with Mark Zuckerberg. I know it wasn't a suit - that would have… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
We live in a time of short attention spans and long stories. The short attention spans are seen as inevitable, the consequence… — Tom Junod Attention span Copy Share Image
I met fred rogers in 1998, when 'Esquire' assigned me a story about him for a special issue on American heroes. I… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
Storytellers all, we humans might run out of time even as we triumph over the problem of running out of space. But… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
You learn a lot about America when you own a pit bull. You learn not just who likes your dog; you learn… — Tom Junod America Copy Share Image
I always looked askance at Pandora and Spotify, regarding both as a passive means of experiencing music; they feed you music they… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
We might accept pit bulls personally, but America still doesn't accept them institutionally, where it counts; indeed, apartment complexes and insurance companies… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
I was a salesman just out of college, traveling all over American roads in the cause of selling handbags to stores that… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
Our attention spans have become shorter because there are more and more claims upon them - more information, more complexity; more stories,… — Tom Junod Attention Copy Share Image
There is certainly no want of journalistic ambition among the purveyors of what is now called 'long-form,' nor of novelistic technique brought… — Tom Junod Ambition Copy Share Image
Of course, Google specializes in coming up with ideas, professes the highest ideals, and is dedicated to solving the world's problems. — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, a long time ago, a man took off his jacket and put on a sweater. Then he took… — Tom Junod Fashion Copy Share Image
I am not running for president, but I've always known if I ever did run for president - or local dogcatcher, for… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
The only restaurants in which you're actually happy to be served your entree are the restaurants that serve entrees ungarlanded by Chef's… — Tom Junod Ambition Copy Share Image
His name was Fred Rogers. He came home to Latrobe, Pennsylvania, once upon a time, and his parents, because they were wealthy,… — Tom Junod Home Copy Share Image
Gluttony is harder than it looks. It's listed as a sin, as something you give in to, when really it's a skill,… — Tom Junod City Copy Share Image
I have never baked. I have cooked thousands of meals big and small, but I have never cooked a cookie. I have… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, there was a boy who didn't like himself very much. It was not his fault. He was born… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
Music and television are turning into the equivalent of gymnastics and tennis: sports built entirely around the identification and training of prodigies. — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
I am an adoptive parent. My wife and I adopted our daughter nine years ago. She was born in China. We have… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
Every artist can make art only from the materials at hand, and many of the child stars who try to mature into… — Tom Junod Art Copy Share Image
It sounds lonely being Bob Dylan, because Bob Dylan likes being around other Bob Dylans, and there are not many other Bob… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
I didn't love David Bowie. Sure, I loved a lot of his songs, like everybody else, and, like everybody else, I had… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
Food's not done until it yields something, maybe its soul or maybe just its secrets, and how long you're willing to wait… — Tom Junod Food Copy Share Image
Like most people, I like to give what I like to get. Unlike most people, I still like to get what I… — Tom Junod Books Copy Share Image
But I'm not an Atlanta Falcons fan. Nobody is. Sure, the team has its followers, its adherents, in Atlanta. But they don't… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
Between 1965 and 1980, my mother, Frances Junod, served cutlets of pale flesh - mostly veal and chicken, though sometimes pork -… — Tom Junod Brother Copy Share Image
The main difference between listening to music on a computer and listening to music on vinyl or disc is not sound quality… — Tom Junod Computers Copy Share Image
A lot of people like to say that they have trouble getting gifts. I have trouble giving them. It's not out of… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
By turning our culture over to the spectacle of child stars and their growing pains, we simply wind up taking their childishness… — Tom Junod Childishness Copy Share Image
