I was the youngest of my entire family so you are tap-dancing to try to get the attention of your older cousins. I really hit my social stride in 6th grade, but before that I was a pretty big dork. You learn how to be amusing and how to work for it.

A human being can spend only so much time outside her comfort zone before she realizes she is still tethered to it.

The Darkness at Irving. Hope to have as much fun doing anything ever as these guys have on stage.

You just don't notice the time of your own metamorphosis. Until you do. Every once in a while time dissolves and you remember what you liked as a kid. You jump on your hotel bed, order dessert first, decide to put every piece of jewelry you own on your body and leave the house. Why? Because you can. Because you're the boss. Because... Ooooh. Shiny.

No affair that begins with such an orchestrated overture can end on a simple note.

Out of all artists, authors are the least trained for the spotlight. Wanting attention isn't a requisite part of the package.

Yes. I am writing full-time. Which is strange. It feels like not having a job.