I do a lot of walking around in game parks, rain forests, places like that, but it's not like I'm camping in them as much as my day walks. I've done that all over the world, not like with a backpack on my back living out in the woods for several days. When I travel abroad, it's more the city that captures my interest.

A text conversation is a short exchange of often grossly truncated language that corresponds to a thought made all the more shallow by the process.

I'm not into fame. I'm not into making money, outside of financing my books. I'm not into status. My thing is basically about time - not wasting it.

I do my best to limit the amount of compromise in my life so I have more time to do what I want. Not hanging out with many people really helps. I am not a people person and I spend a great deal of time on my own and in this environment, I get a lot done.

You’ll never know that just sitting across a room full of people, I have transformed you into a goddess. A destroyer of despair.

'The Great Gatsby' is a book I have read a few times, and it seems to get heavier every time I come to visit.

There's no rule that you have to like Henry Rollins the musician or the actor.