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

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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...

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

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

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

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

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...

When people meet me, many times they're very surprised because they expect someone who is...

When people meet me, many times they're very surprised because they expect someone who is...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Marriage is overdone. As long as there are people, people are going to find it...

Marriage is overdone. As long as there are people, people are going to find it...

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 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...

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 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...