I've heard Stephen King say that when you write a novel you end up revealing everything about yourself.

I have to avoid things like 'World of Warcraft' or 'Minecraft', otherwise I'd never get any work done.

I was one of the boys who made passes at girls who wore glasses. Any girl who was smarter than me - that was a huge turn-on.

I was obsessed. I wouldn't quit. My grades suffered. I didn't care.

My characters are all kind of geek archetypes of people I've encountered at gaming and comic book conventions.

Everybody has this fond association with the car from Back to the Future, but most people have never seen one. I've seen people drive off the berm trying to take pictures. It ends up being dangerous.

I was watching a collection of vintage '80s cereal commercials when I paused to wonder why cereal manufacturers no longer included toy prizes inside every box. It was a tragedy, in my opinion. Another sign that civilization was going straight down the tubes.