I started puberty very late. I was nearly sixteen. And for complicated reasons this late arrival of my puberty caused me to stop playing competitive tennis. But before my puberty problem, I had trouble with my lower back and with my left testicle.

In fact, I have no hobbies. The only thing I like to do in life is to go to the Russian Baths in Manhattan. I also like to watch sports on TV, and I like to read books. So that's it - Russian Baths, sports, and books.

Mostly I have to try to censor myself so as not to write things that will hurt other people, or that will go too far.

The reason it's hard for me to tweet is I don't want to pronounce anything, and Twitter is for pronouncing.

Then again, the name, the associations with a writer's name, can add to the reader's entertainment and pleasure.

I need to stay in the present and use that new-age mantra: 'I'm okay right now.' But I worry about all the things I'm failing at every moment.

I drink coffee. Without coffee, I probably couldnt write.