I didn't start writing until late high school and then I was just diddling. Mainly I loved to read and my writing was an outgrowth of that.

When I was in high school, I read all of Neil Simon's plays.

I used to buy records in high school. Mainly dancehall: Super Cat, Buju Banton.

I went to high school in Stockton, CA.

I don't read them. I haven't read them since high school. If you got in trouble or weren't doing well in class, they'd make a big deal about it and say you couldn't play in college. I felt bad. It's not everyone's business. How can people say that when they don't know the whole story?

I was an amateur wrestler, which I loved. It was my passion, but I started really late; I was a junior in high school when I began.