I could never be a talk show host or anything like that because I tend to say whatever comes to mind. It’s just built in. Or more accurately, it doesn’t ever impinge on my mind consciously, rather it egresses from my mouth seemingly ex nihilo.

One of the reasons I tend to be quiet is that if I speak, I am never sure what is going to emerge. Better to say nothing.

A friend of mine used to ask me, “Do you have to just say whatever pops into your head?”

But here’s the thing. It didn’t pop into my head. I only knew it was going to come out of my mouth when I heard it, just as you did.

Oftentimes, I am just as surprised as anyone else by what I hear emanating from my own face.