I find that the best way into things is to open my heart up to it and allow it to be as truthful and honest as I can be, and I can make it. It's hard to do that; it's hard to open yourself up to something.

It's the writers' job to make it positive. It's my job to make it real.

I picked up reading late because I grew up dyslexic. When I went to college, a friend who was a big reader got me started on a number of writers, including Hemingway.

I tried surfing once in Brazil, but I'm kind of clumsy.

I should probably never describe myself as adorable.

I was that 'awkward-didn't-understand-his body-kind of-uncomfortable teen.'

I grew up in a house with dogs. We always had dogs. We always had a bunch of dogs, actually.