One thing I discovered is that the book world is vast. It's easy to walk around the store - even the room with literature and poetry, where I work most often - and feel overwhelmed.

I think one thing I've learned, as dorky and obvious as this sounds: People who like cool books are usually really cool people.

I've always tried to keep my cover prices on the low side. I'm more interested in getting people to read the books we publish and less interested in the profit margin.

I wonder what the difference between love and control is, but I'm afraid to look those words up in a dictionary.

I sometimes wonder if what I create as a writer will leave any sort of dent. There's really no way of knowing, so I just have to keep going.

The best art on a football field usually happens during kickoff returns.

One thing that is sometimes forgotten in this "future of books" discussion is that there are all these awesome presses - big and small - that are producing and designing amazing books.

Just like writers can have a lot of different styles, so can readers. It's hard to pigeonhole book buyers.

I try to be a lot of things for the authors I work with - a careful reader, a helpful friend who also happens to be an experienced writer, a thoughtful editor, and a creative midwife.

There are definitely some tricks and techniques to a good reading. Rewarding the audience that shows up to your reading is very important and you can't be boring or ungrateful.

I've never understood people who just go out for one drink. Once I have one drink, I want all the drinks.

Acquaintance I would have but when it depends not on the number but the choice of friends.

The shovel is the brother to the gun.

Whether a bank lent one million, ten million, or a hundred millions, they would not permanently alter the market rate of interest; they would alter only the value of the money they issued.

Orthodoxy: That peculiar condition where the patient can neither eliminate an old idea nor absorb a new one.

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I think [Phil Wood] didn't suffer fools gladly, but he loved supporting young people that loved the music.

Never slouch as doing so compresses the lungs, overcrowds other vital organs, rounds the back, and throws you off balance.

Don't sweat the small stuff...and it's all small stuff.

Great music has layers of things to discover. I try to do so every night.