For me the question that you have to ask, about any magazine, is whether it's needed, whether it's publishing things that no one else could publish, or publish equally well. So there's that.

I’m a reader who uses fiction as a way of worrying about life.

I don't know what people should be reading. Only you know what you should be reading.

The real threat to reading isn’t the time we spend hanging out, it’s the time we spend online.

In general, short stories are less read than before, they're less published than before and, not surprisingly, they're less taught than before.

She's the kind of girl who brings you to the moon without you even being aware. The kind of girl you trip on love with. The kind of girl you never forget.

This woman’s size protected herfrom the hurts of the worldbut it also imprisoned her soul. As the merry-go-round revolved, she ate another French fry, as a silent scream frozen on her face.

I think MacGregor might be a genius. Anyone so oblivious to the horror of the human world must be.

I'm lucky, I don't like sweets, not even chocolate.

I'm definitely old-school when it comes to dating. I'm not into the 'game' so much. If I like you, I'll confront you and be open about it. Then I expect you to come after me.

Getting your news from Twitter is like asking a cat for directions.

It was wrong. But it was worth it.

Systems are going to get a lot more sophisticated.

It's time to resist efforts of the American Civil Liberties Union who have conducted a religious lobotomy on this country, seeking to strip it of any vestige of religious influence.

I'm not sure, but [Russia] might be happy to see this guy [Dan Fried] exiting stage left.