Creating fake facts does require a measure of haphazard research, insofar as they need to not just be possible, but also interesting.

I am not an Internet superstar. I am, ironically perhaps, the most old media superstar of all time. My fame is due to broadcast television.

I know nothing about letting go.

There is no ritual that enhances creativity other than just starting.

Terry Gross. I would rush home from high school to listen to Terry Gross.

I am a marginally employed person who can escape with my school teacher wife to the waters of Maine for much of the summer.

A literary agent is nothing but a cheap salesman (or woman); while a writer is a cheap salesman (or woman) who also has to actually write the books.