John Koenig
Appearances
This American Life
535: Origin Story
And he never believed he didn't have a... He wasn't a true believer in the business. I mean, I remember him saying to me as a kid, you know, if you don't find something you want to do and really work at it, you're going to end up like me, a writer of short sentences. That's verbatim. And so it's... It's a little ironic, you know, because he didn't care. That's the thing, Sarah.
This American Life
535: Origin Story
You know, all those years he didn't care because I think he thought it was beneath him. And the business, in some ways, was not beneath him, but was not serious enough to care that much about. And now he does.