The first real thought that I had of something that I might do was to write for car magazines, because I always had a car thing.
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I worked at magazines for over 10 years before I even thought of writing a book.
Long before I had money, my passion for cars was there.
During school, I'd advertise cars in the University of British Columbia newspaper.
I had an insanely long commute - New York to D.C. - when I worked at 'National Geographic.' I hate to waste time, so I spent my time by writing about my life on the premise that I might be able to pitch those as short essays to magazines. It wasn't until later that I realized that I was writing a book.
When I was 21, I got into a motorcycle accident while traveling in Europe and I had to lie around a lot in the aftermath, which was really the first time in my life that I became really focused and inspired to write.
I started writing stories in my spare time.
I have so many ideas while I'm driving.
I write songs for people who drive in cars. I really do.
When I was young, I kept a diary for about 10 years and I had to write in it every day. Even on days when nothing seemed to happen, I made myself think of something to put in it.
Most people write a lot of autobiography, but when I came to write autobiography I discovered that nothing interesting had ever happened to me. So I had to take the situation and invent stories to go with it.
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