I was like a packet of powdered Sea Monkeys and they were like water.

To me, these people were as exotic as animals in a zoo. I'd never seen anything like them. I wasn't sure whether I wanted to be one of them or simply live among them taking notes and photographs.

I've learned how to turn the adversities in my life into enriching experiences. You can actually gain a lot from adversities and they make you the person you are today.

Sometimes when you work in advertising you'll get a product that's really garbage and you have to make it seem fantastic, something that is essential to the continued quality of life.

I'm like the guy who prepares your taxes or a dentist. I'm very conservative and boring in a lot of ways.

I don't believe in the concept of a soul mate. Because we are all unique, but we're also simply too similar.

I've just finished my next collection, Possible Side Effects, and I'm now working on a collection of holiday stories as well as a memoir about my relationship with my father.