"I think there's really only two things you have to do to be a writer, which is read a lot and write a lot. Breitwieser's parents dropped him off at museums because that's where he felt fulfilled, my parents would drop me off at an independent bookstore. It's the first place in my life where I remember being treated as an equal as opposed to being talked down to. They asked what I read and they suggested new things. I feel that I became a writer because of the suggestions of knowledgeable people in independent bookstores.
"Being chosen by independent bookstores as the number one pick is shocking to me. It's probably the coolest thing that's ever happened in my career in terms of accolades. To this day, I love Dolly's Bookstore here in Park City, Utah. I love Country Bookshelf in Bozeman, Montana, where I lived before. I was just in Aix-en-Provence, France and I wandered through Book in Bar, the English language bookshop. These places are my sanctuary."