A Chat with Tony Tulathimutte

There's no bigger Faustian bargain than hype. Then again in Goethe's version Faust gets to go to heaven anyway so who knows.

I think a scrupulous avoidance of cliche and unnecessary words and a consistent desire to surprise are a good starting point for anyone, eventually taste, disposition, and commitment to character and situation take care of the rest.

I started tracking my food with an app earlier this year, which my friends tell me is going to give me an eating disorder, and I reply, "Is it a disorder, or is it an abundance of order? ," and they reply, "Tony—that is an eating disorder."