The images I had were of people being driven mad by living in the city. Images of parents who were so hungry and unfulfilled that they ate their own children.
I write books to relieve ยญmyself of pain. That's the prime motivator to write. Period.
The better you look, the more you see.
Look how black the sky is, the writer said. I made it that way.
It's the rare book that's able to transport you in a way that a movie does.
He was simply someone who floated through our lives and didn't seem to care how flatly he perceived everyone or that he'd shared our secret failures with the world, showcasing the youthful indifference, the gleaming nihilism, glamorizing the horror of it all.