The misnomer is that satirists are pessimists, or even misanthropes, but usually it is just a way to unlock human potential.

Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.

You probably couldn't have found much daylight between the NRA and the Disney company. They probably would've had had identical demographics for the people who really loved those companies.

It was difficult to get into my friends' rock bands when I was a teenager. They somehow didn't see the need for an accordion player. That's when I realized that I had to find my own path in life.

Our elections are free-it's in the results where eventually we pay.

Fate cannot be sidestepped or outrun.

One thing that stays pretty consistent for all my jobs is, I listen to a lot of music while I'm working.

For the first month of school, writing is its own upper. Pounding on my computer keys feels like playing the piano, like arranging words into harmony that sings back to me.

An awful lot of successful technology companies ended up being in a slightly different market than they started out in.

Social media allows people to connect. So instead of reading about the Arab Spring, I can have students following along, in real-time, with what is happening.

The world's problems make us think about who we are and where we stand, and how we measure up.