I've loved traveling around the country and meeting people at book signings.

I've learned at the book signings that everyone has obstacles.

I've had people turn up to book signings with knives, with guns.

What I've learned, traveling the country and doing book signings, Mama's biscuits - you know, somebody in Montana's got their version of Mama's biscuits, somebody in California's got their version - so it made me realize that we're not as regionalized as we think we are.

I meet people at book signings. My record now, for signing, is ten and a half hours in one sitting.

I meet people on the street or at book signings and they tend to treat me as if they know me, as if we're connected. It's great.