I don't necessarily want to make people stomp and clap. I simply want to engage people.

Looking around, I saw so many unhappy adults, people who loathed their jobs, and I didn't want to be one of them.

I've been surprised at how much an unknown like myself can accomplish just by reaching out to people and pleading my case. Quotes for the book cover, reviews and interviews, readings and radio appearances - all this by simply moving ahead and making contact with folks I thought might enjoy the writing.

As a reader I want to be present and entertained. I don't want to be taught lessons, and I don't want to be spoken down to. I want to be treated as a peer and to be made to feel welcome.

When you meet someone you love, whether or not they love you back, something occurs in you that makes you want to improve yourself.

I wouldn't want to write a biography of anyone. I'd feel too inhibited by the facts and too much pressure to do the subject's life justice.