Jon Ronson: It's getting harder to be optimistic'

I'm alone at least 90% of the time. All the public-facing stuff is what I have to do to enable me to do what I want to do, which is being on my own in a room making stories work.

All of my positive emotions are wrapped up in work. There's a joy that comes over me that I don't get from anything else.

When I was making the podcast Things Fell Apart, I was back to editing the day after major surgery. It made me feel better than any medication.

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