Theres just one catch: She hates memoirs.
The books conversational tone pulls the reader in, taking them along for the ride.
If you read the book, she says, you truly know what its like to be inside.
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Trust us: You havent read a book quite like this.
[With the introduction of] reality shows and things like that.
Why did I do that?
When I started writing it, it was 2014.
So I just had luck with my timing.
Its like that all the time.
That first-day feeling that everyone loves you just increases.
It doesnt end, and it stops mattering, if it ever did to begin with anyway.
Its not even really you that they want to touch.
You grow accustomed to it, and you find ways to sort of work with it.
Theres an awareness that fame is not just a moment, but part of their life.
When somebody looks like they just dont want to be a part of it anymore.
Thats a good thing to think about.
Lets just do that again.
Maybe the public doesnt want to know that its not 100 percent fun up there.
That big lottery ticket.
What was it like becoming famous at a young age?
Thats how that process went.
And on the back side of it, its how do you rearrange your reality?
How do you fill in these spots that have now been vacated?
I think it has a lot to do with identity.
I dont think it helps people.
They really just want to connect.
You say in the book that before 1990, there was no frenzy to be famous.
I think its a great question.
I would like them to.
How can anybody keep up?
Theres this one Instagram account by a florist,Lewis Miller, who has been flower-bombing New York City.
Him and his co-workers, incredible talent with flowers, and theyre using it.
Do you still Google yourself?First of all, I have autocomplete turned off.
I just pop in my name, I dont look at the screen.
I just throw in my name and hit enter.
This interview has been edited and condensed.
