One day I want to write a full-on horror book.

Both my parents were big readers. My dad liked more macho adventure books like Shogun or spy novels. My mother reads murder mysteries. In fact, so does her mother, my grandma.

I was a very scared child.

For me, cultivation of my own style really started by looking at people. There are just some really beautiful people in the world. When you're walking down the street, or you're at a restaurant, someone catches your eye because they have their own look. It goes way beyond what they're wearing-into their mannerisms, the way they smile, or just the way they hold themselves.

Talking to all those great writers and artists for the magazine was a form of graduate school for me.

I have always wanted to be either a cinematographer or a veterinarian.

Every time I try to write on vacation, I fail miserably.