I think that we are supernatural. We are unique. We're the only animals in the universe that we know of that actually have self-consciousness, a sense of time and our own mortality.

You were the vampire in my dream. My perfect one.

I love New Orleans physically. I love the trees and the balmy air and the beautiful days. I have a beautiful house here.

My greatest sin has always been that I have a wonderful time being myself

Strong women are absolutely unpredictable.

My faith in Christ is central to my life. My conversion from a pessimistic atheist lost in a world I didn't understand, to an optimistic believer in a universe created and sustained by a loving God is crucial to me. But following Christ does not mean following His followers. Christ is infinitely more important than Christianity and always will be, no matter what Christianity is, has been, or might become.

And books, they offer one hope -- that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that universe, one is saved.