Men are a hundred times worse than you can imagine. We are thinking the worst, shallowest thoughts, all the time.

I always wanted to interview Michael Jackson, because I just wanted to humanize him.

Your intention for a book is never the same as the reception.

We're just fragile machines programmed with a false sense of our own importance. And every now and then the universe sends a reminder that we don't really matter to it.

Because it's so easy to medicate our need for self-worth by pandering to win followers, 'likes' and view counts, social media have become the metier of choice for many people who might otherwise channel that energy into books, music or art - or even into their own Web ventures.

While I am impulsive in many areas of my life, marriage is not one of them.

People don't come out for book events. They want to feel an emotion and be entertained.