I grew up in an environment of jokes and sarcasm and puns. I talk that way, so I write that way.

I write what I don't know. It's way more interesting.

Texting is fingered speech. Now we can write the way we talk.

When I started writing a business column 15 years ago, I knew I'd found the perfect job for myself. As a columnist I could pick my own topic, do my own analysis, say what I wanted to say and attribute it to myself. Best of all, I could write in my own voice.

There's always going to be controversy when you write the way I write.

When I write, I'm not trying to be funny. It's the way I look at the world.