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

I didn't read at all until I was 12. I just couldn't. It was too frustrating.

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 definitely have managed to overcome dyslexia now to become a fully functional human being but things were a lot more difficult when I was younger.

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.