Working with somebody who has a more interesting life than I do - and getting to take on that life temporarily - is an endlessly interesting way to h….

I think people dismiss celebrity memoirs as unreal, contrived and maybe partially made up. But that's definitely not true for anything that I write..

I’ve taken on some of the emotional weight of the stories I’ve worked on. I was writing about a very difficult time in the life of one of my clients ….

Lizzie Pepper is pure fiction! The character is pulled from tabloids. But I think we all look at celebrity marriages and invest in them..

I think that the celebrity memoir as a genre is looked upon as a lesser form. One of my missions as a ghostwriter has been to elevate that form. Mayb….

No one grows up thinking they want to be a ghostwriter. No one plans on that job..

I think one of the big things that's come out of ghostwriting for me is real compassion for the complexity of fame..

There are certain jobs I don't take because I feel no connection to the person. But if somebody is open with me, and honest about their motivations, ….

We exploit celebrities by caring about shallow things like whether they've gotten a facelift. And we violate their children constantly. But we also l….

None of my clients are criminals, but to a much lighter degree that's what goes on. I hear the story, and I hear it with the level of detail that bre….

I don't think you can take a whole genre of very popular books and say, "This is all trash!" When we read a memoir that isn't by a celebrity, we feel….

I'm so used to being separate from the publication process. I turn in the book to the editor and then I'm done..

I've been writing books without ego for a very long time. I feel like it will get what it deserves. Or won't get what it doesn't deserve..

I'm handed a bunch of existing data. My job is to put that in the best narrative form. That is a puzzle I love to solve..