I've gotten thicker skin mostly from being older. You just stop caring quite as much about everything.

- Joel Stein

I never thought to look at the New York Times one, even though I knew people were pissed off. I've seen YouTube videos from people who are pissed off…

- Joel Stein

Heaven is totally overrated. It seems boring. Clouds, listening to people play the harp. It should be somewhere you can't wait to go, like a luxury h…

- Joel Stein

People are different in different situations and people are different online than they are in real life.

- Joel Stein

When Time got rid of my column, I thought it was all over. It was really sad. And then, I just started pushing it to lots of places. And I thought so…

- Joel Stein

I always thought that being at Time and tweaking your bosses and exploiting your expense account was just fun. Just joyous.

- Joel Stein

I have a really high bar for being angry. Like, it doesn't even happen every year.

- Joel Stein

Online reaction is very different than real-world reaction.

- Joel Stein

I'm not that clued into what people are that touchy about and how many of them there are and how niche these niches are.

- Joel Stein