I went to a very academically competitive high school. So I was always quite studious and quiet, just to keep up with the other geniuses who were in my school.
There's a way in which these guys all think absolutely media, day and night. Access is what it's all about, so they spin 24 hours a day and that's a problem.
With the marketing pressures driving the book world today, it's much easier to get the author of a memoir on a television show than a serious novelist.