I started writing when I was twenty, and my first book came out seventeen years later.

But I don't distinguish between being laughed with, and laughed at. I'll take either.

If finding an apartment is like falling in love, buying one is like proposing on your first date and agreeing not to see each other until the wedding.

Whenever I write about my family, I start by getting my parent`s approval. I like to think I write about them with obvious affection. When it comes to the people I'm related to, I consider myself to be very lucky.

I see you that have a little swimming mouse

Humor is necessary - it allows the reader to come up for air before dunking them under again. I need humor and I need it on the page to keep the reader going.

Weird doors open. People fall into things.