Because you can't write habitually and well all the time, you have to be willing to write badly. That's how you get the regularity that enables you to be present for the good stuff.
Criticism is fine and conversation is fine, but the person who's criticizing should know what they're saying and whom they're criticizing.
Remaining a pop phenomenon for 20 years without dying or lapsing into self-parody is quite a feat.
It seemed impossible that a scrappy book like 'Goon Squad' could win an award like that. It's such an iconic honor. I think what the Pulitzer means to me is that I'll need to work very, very hard to try to live up to it.