Take it fromKevin WilsonNow Is Not the Time to Panic.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: The seed forNow Is Not the Time to Panicwas inspired by your friend Eric.
Can you tell us what his influence was on this book?
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You have these desires and hopes of who you will be.
And it was just so important not to have someone who was super accomplished or super beyond me.
Look at how much fun it can be to just make things because you love making them."
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And unfortunately, we had talked about [the book] and then he passed away.
So it was helpful, even as it was incredibly difficult.
What was it about it that phrase that was so meaningful for you for so many years?
It was just the way that my brain works I think part of it is having Tourette’s.
But I don’t think it’s just that, I have recurring memories always.
I have these fits that come back, again and again, repetition of images.
And for whatever reason, that phrase was calming.
And then, “We are fugitives and the law is skinny with hunger for us.”
You’re going to keep moving and not stop.
And that’s the way the phrase works for me.
What does it mean to leave that family and make a new family?
And thenPerfect Little Worldwas like, “Holy shit, we have a baby.
How do you take care of a baby?”
Because [my wife and I] had just had one.
But I’m at a point now where I have children, they’re becoming adults.
My oldest is 14.
And the seduction, I don’t think is like, “Ah, living in the past.”
It’s, “Oh my God, that person is still me.”
You have this great life ahead of you.
And it’s not set in stone."
If readers were to come away with one thing from this book, what would it be?
[The book asks] the question, how did I get here?
How in the world did I end up in the life that I have?
How do I keep living in this world?
And so for me, that’s the momentum.
Now Is Not the Time To Panicwill be published by Ecco Books on Nov. 8.
