I started writing because I found I could spend more time in my own imagination by doing that than I could by reading.

My life isn't that dramatic. My dad really loves me, he just can't talk on the phone. He's too crippled and shy, and that's almost harder. He's there and he loves me, and I try and try and try, it's just impossible to have a relationship.

Friendships are discovered rather than made.

My family was never happy with me. I could just say that across the board.

I discovered the wife's got asthma. Thank God - I thought she was hissing at me.