By reading this message you are denying its existence and implying consent.

Reading is difficult. People just aren't meant to read anymore. We're in a post-literate age. You know, a visual age. How many years after the fall of Rome did it take for a Dante to appear? Many, many years.

I write almost entirely in bed or on a couch with my feet up on the coffee table. I feel most creative when Im looking out the window, and my bed and couch have nice views of the New York skyline.

I just want fiction to remain a vital force for entertainment and not just for contemplation. Both things can exist.

I'm the fortieth ugliest man in this bar. But so what! So what!... Isn't this how people used to fall in love?

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.

My parents were constantly afraid they would lose their jobs. The idea that we were always a paycheck away from disaster was drilled into me.