At 12 I dropped out of school but I had lost interest in it at a much earlier age. For me, school was very very stressful.

At 12 I dropped out of school but I had lost interest in it at a much earlier age. For me, school was very very stressful.

My parents told us how they felt but never imposed their beliefs on us, although I appreciate I got a healthy sense of democracy from them.

The way this whole novel thing came together was, I sold them one bill of goods and then didn't communicate very well. I am like Captain Run-on Sentence.

I've always wanted to have a book published - it was a dream of mine, but the thought of actually writing a book made me feel really sick.

When we had to do book reports, I would pick a book that no one read and just make it up and turn that in. I got praised for my imagination.

My father would often work all night and sleep during the day, so for us, dinner might be pancakes, and breakfast might be beef stroganoff.