What I write is very personal, but not autobiographical. It's more 'thematically personal' - what's up in my life in terms of themes at the moment.

After a brief period in which I had let many a Southern Californian convince me that it was all 'in my mind,' I am once again officially allergic to dogs.

I know not everyone starts out reading high literature. If you read enough you might be drawn to some other things, so maybe those vampire books are what they call 'gateway books.' I just coined that term. I don't know if there's a thing called 'gateway books.

Even though I occasionally appear on it, I don't watch television.

When I'm working, it's great. When I'm not working, it's great.

I sometimes don't know what I'm writing when I start writing it, on some level.

In college, you're kind of designing who you want to be. And I wanted to be a big reader.