I also did an Ozzy piece for him, and so I got hired. Everything happened really fast. I can't give people advice, because everything in my life changed completely in less than a year and it's still not something I…

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I've been asked about this constantly, and I compare it to how if you're walking...

I've been asked about this constantly, and I compare it to how if you're walking...

The essays are very solipsistic and self-absorbed, I'm totally conscious of that. To me, book...

The essays are very solipsistic and self-absorbed, I'm totally conscious of that. To me, book...

You're trying to find new ideas in people. I always think to myself, what question...

You're trying to find new ideas in people. I always think to myself, what question...

Anyone who claims to be good at lying is obviously bad at lying. Thus -...

Anyone who claims to be good at lying is obviously bad at lying. Thus -...

The essays are different because ultimately it's things I'm interested in, and I'm really just...

The essays are different because ultimately it's things I'm interested in, and I'm really just...

A lot of people have this strategy where if they have a hard question they...

A lot of people have this strategy where if they have a hard question they...

I keep saying the word weird over and over again, but it's the only way...

I keep saying the word weird over and over again, but it's the only way...

When you're writing for newspapers you have all these parameters. You can't swear, you have...

When you're writing for newspapers you have all these parameters. You can't swear, you have...

I feel sorry for people who have to edit me. Which is why book writing...

I feel sorry for people who have to edit me. Which is why book writing...

Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy...

Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy...

The biggest hurdle to writing Fargo Rock City was that I couldn't afford a home...

The biggest hurdle to writing Fargo Rock City was that I couldn't afford a home...

Book writing is a little different because, in my case, my editor is a year...

Book writing is a little different because, in my case, my editor is a year...

If you're doing an interview, you need conversational tension. After you talk to them, you're...

If you're doing an interview, you need conversational tension. After you talk to them, you're...

I grew up on a farm, and we didn't have cable and only limited radio...

I grew up on a farm, and we didn't have cable and only limited radio...

Even though I wanted to experience all these things I was interested in, I couldn't...

Even though I wanted to experience all these things I was interested in, I couldn't...

It didn't seem remotely possible. I had no idea how people got those jobs, I...

It didn't seem remotely possible. I had no idea how people got those jobs, I...

A whole bunch of months passed and I didn't hear anything and then he emailed...

A whole bunch of months passed and I didn't hear anything and then he emailed...

The biggest problem in rock journalism is that often the writer's main motivation is to...

The biggest problem in rock journalism is that often the writer's main motivation is to...

To me, every interview, even if you love the artist, needs to be somewhat adversarial....

To me, every interview, even if you love the artist, needs to be somewhat adversarial....

I was fortunate that I was at newspapers for eight years, where I wrote at...

I was fortunate that I was at newspapers for eight years, where I wrote at...