My favorite author is Chuck Palahniuk. I'd never been a big reader, often going long stretches without reading. Then I read Fight Club (novel). - Jason Tanamor

People aren't stupid. They just want to believe in others. They just want to believe that the world isn't coming to an end. And more importantly, they just want to believe in themselves. They want to believe that they can still trust their fellow human being to do the right thing.

When you're hiding out in bushes to meet your favorite celebrity, well, that's just pathetic. When you're designing an elaborate plan to get laid, that's just creepy.

So the biggest lesson for me was to write what you want. People are going to have their opinions—good and bad. The reality is you're not going to please everyone, and if you attempt to please everyone, you end up pleasing no one. If anything, you can have fun doing it.