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.

For writers, so much is done in isolation. It can be easy to feel detached, or to get a little lost along the way.

To do my job well, I have to be a good listener. The listening is so much more important than the talking.

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

I have way too much going on, as usual, but fortunately it's all good stuff. I'm not complaining.

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

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.