I know nothing of God or the Devil. I have never seen a vision nor learned a secret that would damn or save my soul.

Goodnight sweet prince, may flights of devils wing you to your rest.

When we talk about our lives, long or short, brief and tragic or enduring beyond comprehension, we impose a continuity on them, and that continuity is a lie.

I had wanted to say that my song was far too painful to sing.

I gave up on the big screen. The Witching Hour was at Warner Bros. for 10 years and it just didn't work out.

I was influenced by the medieval theological beliefs when I presented Satan in Jesus' dream as unable to figure out who or what Jesus is, and unable to see the future.

Go where the pleasure is in your writing. Go where the pain is. Write the book you would like to read. Write the book you have been trying to find but have not found. But write. And remember, there are no rules for our profession. Ignore rules. Ignore what I say here if it doesn't help you. Do it your own way. Every writer knows fear and discouragement. Just write.The world is crying for new writing. It is crying for fresh and original voices and new characters and new stories. If you won't write the classics of tomorrow, well, we will not have any.