Once I get my writing done, then I can turn my attention elsewhere - and not the other way around. The writing has to be the foundation.

I usually work seven days a week and rarely take vacations, which is both lame and unsustainable. I don't mind the idea of writing seven days a week, I suppose. Getting some work done early in the morning. But ideally I would love to take one day a week off.

David Cristofanos debut novel captures the essence of the human spirit, and delivers a story that is simultaneously heartwarming and heartbreaking.

The modern media environment is so overrun with bullshit and static and people trying to sell you stupid crap. It makes you want to bite yourself.

I feel like it's a good time to be a writer. I'm terminally optimistic. It seems like the publishing industry is in the middle of a big transition, and that the rules of the game are still sorting themselves out.

I'm a radio nerd. I've loved radio since I was a kid. I'm a huge Howard Stern fan.

I can think of plenty of writers whose work I revere and whose lives I know little about.