The state of New Jersey is really two places - terrible cities and wonderful suburbs. I live in the suburbs the final battleground of the American dream where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves. It's very romantic in that way but a bit naive. I like to play with that in my work.
Make no mistake adolescence is a war. No one gets out unscathed.
Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict but it's a hell of a...
I don't necessarily love the sports per se I love the stories behind them....
You can't have an up without a down a right without a left a back without a...
I'd never had money growing up and it's never been that important to me...
I am very lucky that I get to tell stories for a living. I love being able to...
Hope can be the most wonderful thing in the world or it can crush your heart...
I can write pretty much anywhere if you give me time and some quiet. The home...
I try to stress to my children that buying something never leads to true...
I want to do all kinds of things. I want to do some comedy. I'd love to do a...
The whole westward expansion myth is seen as romantic. But it's a joke a...
So I'm still in my romantic stage with London I love it as a place.
A realist in Venice would become a romantic by mere faithfulness to what he...
I think one of the downsides of the sort of obsession with romantic love and...
The thing about romance and romantic movies is that they can be somewhat...
I'm no romantic surfing California boy. I like reading writing...
The writing career is not a romantic one. The writer's life may be colorful...