It's really weird because my house is very ornate, but my writing lair is very, very blank. It's white, the furniture is white. It gives me nothing to look at, so I just have to concentrate!

You want, in a sense, to relate to the main character, so often, the main character POV is a bit more of a blank slate.

There's nothing like white trash at the White House.

I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.

I loved ghost stories. I love horror stories. I love all of that stuff, but I really yearn for something to actually frighten me. It's more of a yearning for that than something that has to necessarily be cerebral or sophisticated. Good storytelling and something that actually frightens you.

We absolutely look at larger trends and reactions on Twitter here at the White House.