The laughing way we make damaged people our playthings, it's so dehumanizing.

It is an awful lot harder, Tony told me, to convince people you're sane than it is to convince them you're crazy.

My ideal world was the early days of Twitter, where everyone was curious about each other and everyone saw it as kind of a window into people's lives where we could be compassionate and curious and empathetic and we could tell each other secrets.

Obviously, I like to write stories that are page-turners. But I always try my very, very hardest to be as factually true as possible.

On social media there's this thing where on many occasions, there's a single proscribed way of acting. Like if somebody dies, everyone has to say "R.I.P.! R.I.P.!" Basically they're saying, "Don't hurt me, I'm a good person."

I write funny nonfiction adventure books about crazy, serious worlds.

Feeling no remorse must be a blessing when all you have are your memories