A singer can shatter glass with the proper high note," he said, "but the simplest way to break glass is simply to drop it on the floor.

Yes. To write a novel is to risk my sanity. The deeper I get into the suffering and conflict of the characters, into the very situations and thoughts and feelings that make the novel worthwhile, the worse I feel, and the more likely I am to be severely depressed when the book is finished. There is no avoiding this: it is the result of attempting to tell all you know, to reach for the stars, to write what matters.

When I'm writing, the darkness is always there. I go where the pain is.

Believe in angels? Then believe in vampires. Believe in me. There are worse things on earth.

We're frightened of what makes us different.

‎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.

I am deeply discouraged by Catholic Bishops who say Catholics cannot support same sex marriage in our secular culture.