Goodreads asked Lonny Lee:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Lonny Lee I was having coffee with a friend. He is a single male in his forties. We both observed an old man looking at me. I asked him if he thought it was ok to be a dirty old man. His response:
"Sure why not. I'll be old. What do I have to lose!" We both laughed.
"So being old gives you license to stare at young women and be creepy?"
He raised his shoulders as if to say, who cares. I shook my head.

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