 His hobbies include people watching, traveling, writing, chess, running, and lucid dreaming.He has completed a novel and a screenplay about a young man's adventures through lucid dreaming titled "Dream Weaver", and is currently writing another novel/screenplay titled "Shady Acres".Authors who influenced him in his budding writing career include Jack London and Robert Fulghum, who taught him that “you have to live life in order to write about life.” His favorite quote is from Jack London