I don't really read children's books or deal with children's books, so I don't have any relationship with them other than my own.

My fear is if I expose myself, not so much that I'll be hurt, but that the reaction will be "Is that all there is? Is that the entirety of you? Because it's boring."

Your harshest critic is always going to be yourself. Don't ignore that critic, but don't give it more attention than it deserves.

I don't chase after things, but I put forward the effort and know the rest of it is out of my hands.

The characters that I have on Twitter have very little resemblance to me, the person who's writing them.

Lordy, lordy, lordy do I love money. It is a character flaw, no doubt, one that springs from a panicked childhood in which I always felt as if our family was only a couple missed child support payments from being tossed onto the pitiless streets of our suburban New Jersey town.

I don't watch that much comedy. I think it's professional jealousy. That and a lack of support for my community.