My life in general, orderly or not, it allows me more freedom in my own writing. Sometimes I wonder, though - I have friends that sit around and just write all day. And I think it's the coolest thing.

Whether people like your work or not, but it's also based on a lot of other things - geography, who you happen to connect with and where they sit in that ladder - and all of that felt really isolating and disheartening to me when I figured it out.

I've read a lot more than most of the people that I know, except for one of my really close friends reads way more than I do.

Most of my writing friends are working in academia. Most of my business school friends are always talking about bringing companies public, and money, and making money, and lots and lots of money. It's just a different environment.

People who are too uptight make me nervous.

I can't help but go against the grain, I suppose it is in my fabric to be a rule-breaker.

The whole process of getting a book published is just part of the process. The last of the process that I enjo