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

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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...

It's just that what's important there is different there than what's important is here. Here,...

It's just that what's important there is different there than what's important is here. Here,...

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...

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'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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

In Fargo, they say, well, that's a job. How well do you get paid? For...

In Fargo, they say, well, that's a job. How well do you get paid? For...

I also did an Ozzy piece for him, and so I got hired. Everything happened...

I also did an Ozzy piece for him, and so I got hired. Everything happened...

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...

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...

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...