I picked books by their covers - the worse the cover, the more I wanted to read it.

I picked books by their covers - the worse the cover, the more I wanted to read it.

I would ask my parents something, but then go to my siblings. We were encouraged to bounce ideas off everyone.

I miss my Dad. My Dad loved cheesy monster movies, so we'd have Godzilla movie marathons. Those are some of my favorite memories, laughing at how the monster outfits were so bad, like black garbage bags for heads.

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.

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 think what my father appreciated was the science experiment of life. He had these kids, and they had their own experiences. He wanted us to discover the world for ourselves.