I was a Jill Filipovic girlie in high school so seeing her raise money for GiveDirectly filled me with the same surprised, nostalgic affection as discovering that Mr. Rogers spoke out against segregation

I cringe less at my older work because I have more distance from it. 4-5 years feels like the sweet spot of maximum cringe.

it was a mistake to give everyone in the developed world 1/1,000,000th of a printing press

o for the halcyon days when composing for Disney was the culmination of a successful Broadway career

there are, and have always been, an enormous number of people who are lonely or scared of rejection or making bad romantic choices or pining after people who aren't that into them or tolerating mediocre marriages with people they kinda wish they hadn't married