Though I plan to stay off desert islands, and live to be 100, this soon-to-be published book of poetry contains my favorite lines: ‘….It’s sweetness/ that turns leaving sour, joy that makes dying hard.

"Uffie was one if my first musical loves. I discovered her when I was about 14 and fell in love with her sound. This song is my favorite from her record Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans."

"My favorite pop songs are the ones that can make me cry. I think this song is so beautiful. I've been listening to a lot of Bow Wow Wow lately. All of the songs are amazing."

"A model of delirious pacing and deadpan black humor. My personal favorite von Trier film will always be Dogville (2003), but nothing beats the exhilaration of these endlessly irreverent 8 hours for pure, undiluted macabre farce."

"There’s nothing more to be said about the Godfather, movies. I mean, like, just leave a blank. I have nothing to say, except they’re probably my favorite movies. I mean, what do you say about that?"

"Old School,” is my favorite fictional depiction of boarding school (yes, including “Prep,” my own novel). These episodic, story-like chapters set at a boys’ school in the early 1960s are knowing and hilarious and poignant."

"Though I plan to stay off desert islands, and live to be 100, this soon-to-be published book of poetry contains my favorite lines: "….It’s sweetness/ that turns leaving sour, joy that makes dying hard.”"