Pix is probably the most successful payment infrastructure run by a government in history. I think Pix has been what has allowed a country like Brazil to leapfrog developed economies like the U.S. and in Europe, and has positioned Brazil today probably five years ahead of the U.S. I don't think anybody understands that, and probably in the U.S. they didn't really expect that.

Well, I'd say that I'm actually optimistic about the future of our country. That's not a sentiment most people share today. Especially on the Right, it's increasingly common to feel pessimistic about America. You know, to be 'blackpilled', as they say online. And it's understandable – I too see all the chaos and destruction this Regime is inflicting on our country and the American people. But I really do believe that we can get the pendulum to swing back our way, that we can win this fight and rebuild America. That's why I'm running for office.

I don’t like live music. (I know that is a very despicable opinion.) I love great recordings.

Most people, these days, they don’t even believe in reincarnation. They’d say, you only go around once.

Touchstone books….I don’t know. So Long, See You Tomorrow; The Moviegoer; A Fan’s Notes; Alice Munro’s stories.

At 3am, worry seems to be my default mode.

My half measures are really not good measures.

I guess you’ve just got to take each day at a time

I don’t think places have essences any more than people do.

It brings the freedom of having seen a lot of things and survived them.