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“I've definitely written people e-mails telling them I've loved their stories, but that seems more like a professional journalist thing to do.”

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I want to be heavily tied to a city that I write for every week, that knows my stuff and I can interact with.

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I never thought to look at the New York Times one, even though I knew people were pissed off. I've seen YouTube videos from…

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When wine drinkers tell me they taste notes of cherries, tobacco and rose petals, usually all I can detect is a whole lot of…

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When Time got rid of my column, I thought it was all over. It was really sad. And then, I just started pushing it…

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I have some idea that if I pick on [boy band] One Direction, I'll get a ton of hate mail, because I know that…

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I don't read "letters" sections of magazines, but I'll read anyone's blog post about me.

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I can't imagine what someone would write that would infuriate me. Maybe if my loved one had died of some disease and someone was…

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People would ask if I wanted to host things and I was like, "No, I'm a writer, I don't host things." Just thinking I…

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I don't like to be in the forest. It's a weird thing. I've learned to have a general appreciation for nature, which has taken…

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Early on, even in college, I figured out that it was just more interesting to me to create content than to write about other…

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I think I realized that Dave Barry was funnier than I'll ever be, and he made no attempt to make any actual points. He…

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I always thought that being at Time and tweaking your bosses and exploiting your expense account was just fun. Just joyous.

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