I thought 'The Hot Zone' was fascinating, mesmerizing. It's one of the things that got me interested in Ebola.

One of the things that's particularly nefarious about Ebola is that it continues to live in a dead person for some period of time after death. A person who's been dead for a day or two may still be seething with Ebola virus.

I'm a white, middle-class male who had a happy childhood in Ohio. The world does not need me to be a novelist.

Buttons, for me, are very sculptural things, and they are so fascinating.

I read his books back in high school and through college. I just always thought he was a fascinating and brilliant man. The story of the bus was always very compelling. To find out it had been just left to go - I really wanted to restore the bus and tell its story to the world.

It's good for me to do things outside my comfort zone and push myself.