I use bits and pieces of others personalities to form my own.

All of my characters tend to be montages of different people I've met: little bits and pieces of their personalities put together.

I've never been a very prolific person, so when creativity flows, it flows. I find myself scribbling on little notepads and pieces of loose paper, which results in a very small portion of my writings to ever show up in true form.

Everybody's going to be looking at these little bits and pieces and deciding what they like and don't like. There's enough attractive pieces in that business that quite a few people will express an interest.

Journalism is always the art of the incomplete. You get bits and pieces.

Writing is like sewing together what I call these 'buttons,' these bits and pieces.