From time to time, just about every 'Vanity Fair' writer has a chance to sell rights to an article or a book to Hollywood.

I don't know the figures, but Hollywood must buy 100 rights for every movie that actually gets made.

There's always a slight tension when you sell a book to Hollywood, especially a nonfiction book. The author wants his story told intact; the nonfiction author wants it told accurately.

It doesn't hurt to feel sad from time to time.

I learn something in the interviews from time to time.

We all have our family issues from time to time.