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I'm very interested in the way people interact emotionally.

I'm incapable of writing without social commentary. I like to think that it's integrated and not really heavy handedly didactic.

I'm just a philosophical journalist, trying to describe what's going on. I want to stimulate conversations, and hope out of them will come truths.

I'm looking for conversations that will be meaningful with people that want to have meaningful connections with an audience.

What interests me is trying to catch the reflection of the human being on the page. I'm interested in how ordinary people live their lives.

Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.

You were doing a TV show - you don't realise that you're also making social commentary at the same time.

I'm a working journalist. I'm interested in all points of view, and I draw conclusions based on facts, not just on opinions.

I have been into social work since 45 years, and at an average, every day for one or two hours, I have been engaging in social discourses. It is not a small thing.