The writer, director, actor and comics lover talks up his best-selling new book, My Boring-Ass Life: The Uncomfortably Candid Diary of Kevin Smith.

“Believe me, there are people who don’t enjoy me or the minutiae of my life,” says the creative force behind Clerks, Mallrats and Chasing Amy. “I’ve dealt with them on the Internet quite a lot.”

Listen to Smith’s interview here, then check out his site at Viewaskew.com.

The link’s a bit hard to see, so just look for the “Listen” icon at the top of the NPR page. The interview is all book-focused and runs around 9 minutes in total. The interviewer even reads right from the book, which we loved. You’ll also learn where the “uncomfortably candid” came from. Part II is on the way tomorrow – We’ll let you know when and where to find it.