“The first book I loved was “The Outsiders” by SE Hinton, which I read in the sixth grade.”
“Throughout my time in the Navy, I kept a journal. I liked to tell myself, when I had bad Navy days, those were actually good writing days.”
“Cheesy as it sounds, I went on a double date to see Top Gun when it came out in 1986 and immediately knew that’s what I wanted to do.”