We are now part of this giant machine where every second we have to take out a device and contribute our thoughts and opinions.

After you publish a book, you become a writer and you're supposed to take it very seriously. You're supposed to show up at your desk - although frankly, I don't have a desk, I write in bed - you're supposed to show up at your bed and produce work. I think it's a little bit like work. I like to have fun with it, do things like make silly book trailers. I don't want to take this too seriously.

We are now part of this giant machine where every second we have to take out a device and contribute our thoughts and opinions.

One should learn from a book. Books have a lot to teach us. They have a lot of empathy to impart to us, but they should also be fun. This stuff is fun! You shouldn't pick up a book and say, "Oh my god, I'm gonna better myself by reading this." You may better yourself by reading this, but who cares? Just have fun.

I was really not a good student, and I felt that shame every day. That's one of the reasons I started smoking pot and drinking daily.

I love to act, I've always wanted to be an actor. I think that acting and fiction go nicely together - being able to visualize language as something you perform, not just something that's there on the page.

The best thing about the iPhone is this that tells me where I am all the time. Theres never a need to feel lost anymore.