Sometime between 2008 and 2009, or perhaps before then, I got it in my head that the best poetry was political in nature, the best fiction was psychological or sociological in nature, and the best non-fiction, well, was non-fiction!

FORBES: Why Alternative Energy, Part Two

After making that first toy, it was eight inches tall, but in my head, it was like I'd just made a building or a boat.

WSJ: Up in the Air | Making It

The next day we were sitting on the deck and I was trying to get him to tell me stories or talk to me about ingredients, and it was like banging my head against a wall all day long, in the hot sun, with a hangover.

WSJ: The Chef and the Critic