For People Starting Public Radio Shows, One

I Don't Think I Ever Played Any Sports Recreationally For My Own Pleasure. I Was Bad At Them From The Start.

You Will Be Stupid. You Will Worry Your Parents. You Will Question Your Own Choices, Your Relationships, Your Jobs, Your Friends, Where You Live, What You Studied In College, That You Went To College At All... If That Happens, You're Doing It Right.

The Truth Is, I Just Don't Have That Much Time To See Movies. So If I Get Two Hours Where I Can Actually See A Film, I Don't Want To Go Backwards, I Want To Go Forwards.

For Me To Do A Story, Something Has To Happen To Someone. It's A Story In The Way You Learn What A Story Is In Third Grade, Where There Is A Person And Things Happen To Them And Then Something Big Happens And They Realize Something New.

...these Stories Are A Kind Of Beacon. By Making Stories Full Of Empathy And Amusement And The Sheer Pleasure Of Discovering The World, These Writers Reassert The Fact That We Live In A World Where Joy And Empathy And Pleasure Are All Around Us, There For The Noticing.