"I love this book. My best friend Victoria gave it to me when I was 18. I still have the same copy, I take it with me everywhere, on all my travels and it is very worn in. I love John Fante's style of writing, so simple, yet so profound all at once. I love the way Arturo Bandini sees the world, how he describes what he sees and truly feels. I just think it's brilliant. When I read it, I often find myself reading a sentence or thought and loving it so much I have to go back and read it again. I'm not sure exactly why or how but it truly touched me and continues to inspire me."

Well, my favorite book is probably - that's tough, I have a lot of books I love. Hmmm. I would say Ask the Dust and Catcher in the Rye, just for sentimental reasons. And the one book that I wish I had time and the years that it would take to understand would be James Joyce's Ulysses.