I like, though, that people have a hunger to connect with other people. They're desperate to know that you're not lying to them or misleading them.

I think people tend to see the bigger point, which is maybe not fitting in and feeling like you didn't have the childhood that you expected you would have, or that you felt lonely or struggled with drugs and alcohol or just that you were able to achieve your dreams.

I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture, because it's something I never felt a part of. I've always felt like a tourist because I have never fit in anywhere.

Marriage is overdone. As long as there are people, people are going to find it interesting.

I'm like the guy who prepares your taxes or a dentist. I'm very conservative and boring in a lot of ways.

As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents or publishers. You absolutely must plow forward.