I've seen a lot of the United States, having stayed in so many different cities and towns for work. It's such a strange and fascinating country, and instead of learning about it through a textbook, I would rather discover its history and traditions and institutions through fiction and nonfiction writers.

It's too easy to sum up a person's character in one negative instant, and it doesn't put anything good out into the world.

I love stories that give me a perspective on how easy American life has become in the 21st century.

I've seen a lot of the United States, having stayed in so many different cities and towns for work. It's such a strange and fascinating country, and instead of learning about it through a textbook, I would rather discover its history and traditions and institutions through fiction and nonfiction writers.

I'm not really high-strung now, but I was a very high-strung child.

I get to play a lot of hysterics.

I'm way too disorganized.