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

But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair.

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.

When people meet me, many times they're very surprised because they expect someone who is kind of wacky with seven piercings and very hip and cool and New York City, and I'm not.

I love to both give and receive very old books.

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.