I think if I hadn't been a writer, I'd have been a teacher like my dad. He was a college professor, and one of my greatest regrets is that he passed away before I was able to prove to him that I wasn't going to be stuck working at Rax Roast Beef for the rest of my life!

Save your rejections so that later when you are famous you can show them to people and laugh.

My original inspiration was my mom: a few years after the death of my dad, she started dating one my teachers!

Save your rejections so that later when you are famous you can show them to people and laugh.