The Atkins' diet is where you eat bacon for six or seven months...and the end result is that you lose weight. Because you're dead.

My tastes in all things lean towards the arty and boring. I like sports documentaries about Scrabble players, bands that play quiet, unassuming music, and TV shows that win awards. In that way, I am an elitist snob. And proud of it.

Internet fame is like regular fame only without all the annoying 'money' and 'power.'

Shuffling really isn't something you should be doing on your deathbed.

The whole idea of punk rock is that you're dressing yourself in a crazy leather jacket with safety pins and a Mohawk. The idea of being the rebel is a boring societal idea. It's such a type. And that's what I was, without knowing it.

I imagine there's a level of narcissism that goes into thinking you're enough.

Kids love to be silly, they love to laugh, so I think it was natural for my kids to like the sort of books that I write - and it's the only kinds of books I'm capable of writing.