ALL I KNOW IS WHAT I READ IN THE PAPERS

”As of the writing this particular book, I have 43”close friends”,[1] 196 “good friends”,[2] and 2,200 “affable acquaintances”[3]”

[1] These are people I would phone immediately if I was diagnosed with lung cancer.
[2] These are people whose death from lung cancer would make me profoundly sad.
[3] These are people I would generally hope could recover from lung cancer.

- Sex, drugs and cocoa puffs, Chuck Klosterman