It's not that our family has no taste, it's just that our family's taste is inconsistent.

I can remember exactly where I sat when my teacher first read Roald Dahl's 'James and the Giant Peach'.

I met a lot of great people in Saudi Arabia and I'd like to see them again. And I'd love to spend more time in the desert and in the mountains. I felt really at home there.

McSweeney's as a publishing company is built on a business model that only works when we sell physical books. So we try to put a lot of effort into the design and production of the book-as-object.