Writers, as they gain success, feel like outsiders because writers don't come together in real groups.

I claim Dickens as a mentor. He's my teacher. He's one of my driving forces.

I can't get very far away from Christianity, I can't get very far away from the angels and the saints. I work them in always, in some way.

I would die rather than live without you. I would die the same way he died. I can't bear you to look at me the way you did. I cannot bear it if you do not love me!" -Claudia.

Many Christians believe that the vast majority of those created by God will burn in Hell for All Eternity. Many Christians not only believe the world will end soon, but are looking forward to it. I MUST WALK AWAY FROM IT ALL. IN JESUS' NAME.

‎There's no way to cheat a sensualist like me, somebody who can die laughing for hours over the pattern of the carpet in a hotel lobby.

My body is no schoolboy.