Growing up, nobody I knew even knew a writer. So it was a big adventure and something that I've wrestled with my whole life. I think it's a journey worth taking, really finding out who you are and what you do well.

When I was growing up, I don't think I knew any other child who had been out of Sri Lanka.

Well, when I was growing up it was Ozzie and Harriet on TV - nobody's parents were like that.

Anybody who knew me growing up calls me Vinny.

Even as a kid, I never liked breakfast. I just don't like to eat then. I like to get up and work. I think sticking a whole bunch of carbohydrates in your stomach in the morning is probably the worst way to begin the day.

I loved growing up in Montclair... I think it's grown and changed and embraced change.