I'm so used to being separate from the publication process. I turn in the book to the editor and then I'm done.

Working with somebody who has a more interesting life than I do - and getting to take on that life temporarily - is an endlessly interesting way to have the experience of writing memoir.

I've been writing books without ego for a very long time. I feel like it will get what it deserves. Or won't get what it doesn't deserve.

I'm so used to being separate from the publication process. I turn in the book to the editor and then I'm done.

No one grows up thinking they want to be a ghostwriter. No one plans on that job.

We exploit celebrities by caring about shallow things like whether they've gotten a facelift. And we violate their children constantly. But we also love them in a way.

None of my clients are criminals, but to a much lighter degree that's what goes on. I hear the story, and I hear it with the level of detail that breeds empathy.