As a child, I was never drawn toward depraved or extreme situations; I really wanted a normal little childhood. Unfortunately, that's just not what happened.

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As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up...

As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up...

There's never a false note in a Berg novel.

There's never a false note in a Berg novel.

I knew that if I wrote a new book every six months or every year,...

I knew that if I wrote a new book every six months or every year,...

But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting...

But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting...

I never listen to music when I write.

I never listen to music when I write.

But my favorite band is Curbside Life, out of Chicago.

But my favorite band is Curbside Life, out of Chicago.

Before I'm a writer, I'm definitely a reader and when I read memoir, I really...

Before I'm a writer, I'm definitely a reader and when I read memoir, I really...

Because I've lived in one room my entire life, working at the same table that...

Because I've lived in one room my entire life, working at the same table that...

I'm always prepared for the worst. I was prepared to have the book come out,...

I'm always prepared for the worst. I was prepared to have the book come out,...

My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred...

My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred...

I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture,...

I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture,...

I love to both give and receive very old books.

I love to both give and receive very old books.

I think writers tend to be experience junkies, and I think they also tend to...

I think writers tend to be experience junkies, and I think they also tend to...

I've just finished my next collection, Possible Side Effects, and I'm now working on a...

I've just finished my next collection, Possible Side Effects, and I'm now working on a...

And I tend to listen to NPR when I'm not writing.

And I tend to listen to NPR when I'm not writing.

I like, though, that people have a hunger to connect with other people. They're desperate...

I like, though, that people have a hunger to connect with other people. They're desperate...

I was in advertising for years. That was cushy, you know? It's pretty cushy in...

I was in advertising for years. That was cushy, you know? It's pretty cushy in...

The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It's not enough...

The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It's not enough...

With my own memoirs, they are truthful, and I write everything fully expecting to some...

With my own memoirs, they are truthful, and I write everything fully expecting to some...

I really look at my childhood as being one giant rusty tuna can that I...

I really look at my childhood as being one giant rusty tuna can that I...