David Duchovny at The Rancho Mirage Writers Festival

Here is something you probably don’t know about David Duchovny: only six years before his big acting break he was a PhD student studying literature at Yale University, planning on becoming a writer. In fact, he wanted to be a poet. Duchovny earned a BA in English literature from Princeton University and an MA in English literature from Yale University and has since published six novels.

Maureen Dowd, a Pulitzer Prize-winning op-ed columnist for The New York Times covering American politics, popular culture and international affairs, joins Duchovny to talk about his latest book, The Reservoir, his life and his career in the arts.