I found myself in the middle of a race riot when I was about 14 years old, and I found someone pointing a gun at me and telling me to run or they'd shoot me.

We have more media than ever and more technology in our lives. It's supposed to help us communicate, but it has the opposite effect of isolating us.

I often write either really early in the morning, or really late at night.

I don't try to project any image at all, other than the person that I am.

I love living in California and being able to go to the beach or go to the woods.

At this point in my life Id like to live as if only love mattered.

I end up writing about all kinds of things. I never make an attempt to write about anything in particular. I don't have a little list of topics to write about.