I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture, because it's something I never felt a part of. I've always felt like a tourist because I have never fit in anywhere.

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I love to both give and receive very old books.

I love to both give and receive very old books.

Once I decided to write, to be published, I knew it would happen.

Once I decided to write, to be published, I knew it would happen.

I'm like the guy who prepares your taxes or a dentist. I'm very conservative and...

I'm like the guy who prepares your taxes or a dentist. I'm very conservative and...

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

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

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 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,...

I was on the cover of a lot of newspapers. I was on the cover...

I was on the cover of a lot of newspapers. I was on the cover...

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...

My only ritual is to just sit down and write, write every day.

My only ritual is to just sit down and write, write every day.

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...

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...

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...

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 myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

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...

I never listen to music when I write.

I never listen to music when I write.

As a child, I was never drawn toward depraved or extreme situations; I really wanted...

As a child, I was never drawn toward depraved or extreme situations; I really wanted...

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

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

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...