I don't *ever* write about real people. Art is supposed to be better than that. If you want a slice of life, look out the window.

I'm never going to tell the reader what to believe; I'm going to examine these characters that believe different ways, and examine their motives.

A certain feeling comes from throwing your good life away, and it is one part rapture.

There is something in us that loves certain disasters and the fever of this moment and surrendering to that.

You can curse the dead or pray for them, but don't expect them to do a thing for you. They're far too interested in watching us, to see what in heaven's name we will do next.

Pure and unblemished souls must taste very bland, with an aftertaste of bitterness.

Corn syrup and added fats have been outed as major ingredients in fast food, but they hide out in packaged foods too, even presumed-innocent ones like crackers.