I couldn't have known 'Crank' was going to be published, let alone become a big hit. That book was very personal for me: I had to tell the story for myself.

You're only as big as your last hit.

As I thought
about that, I had
to wonder: What will we
know better about tomorrow?
Who cares? Hindsight is useless.

You can have a big hit and not get rich.

It never occurred to me that it would be a big hit internationally and forever.

When I was 16, I had a really big hit in the K-pop world. It was a hip-hop/R&B/pop song. I kinda strayed from that because of the writers I was hanging out with.