I asked [my doctors] if I'd be able to play singles tennis and they said I could. That made me very happy since I haven't played in five years.
I have to avoid things like 'World of Warcraft' or 'Minecraft', otherwise I'd never get any work done.
Everybody uses pop culture as a shorthand. You might make an obscure reference to Monty Python or Iron Eagle that only some people will get, but if they do it conveys a world of meaning.
I wanted to be able to write in the voice that I talk to my friends and assume that everybody would know what I was talking about.
I've been invited to speak at about 20 colleges. There's always this moment when I'm having dinner with the college president: 'Ernie, where'd you go to school?'
My characters are all kind of geek archetypes of people I've encountered at gaming and comic book conventions.
As far as my house, I have a ton of video games and three or four old consoles.
The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.
If you tell the truth, then you don't have to have a good memory
I've learned the lesson that when you're in the middle of something that seems overwhelming, or you're in a bad situation and it seems like it's the end of the world or whatever, then you learn that it's not.
My actions will follow my expectations.