My mom once told me that a good relationship isn't where the other person makes you feel better, but where they make *you* better.

What cruel creatures men are. Our bodies tell us to love so many, but there's room in our hearts for so few.

I start with something that makes me angry or confused, and then I write about it. It's a form of self-help.

I remember seeing Stand by Me, when I was around 12, and just feeling like, "This is so refreshing to see kids swear and smoke cigarettes like my friends." It just felt much more real than the Sesame Street version of childhood that I'd been spoon-fed.

It's TV shows like 'Buffy' and 'Angel' that usually have an incredible cliffhanger every commercial break that amaze me.

As you get older you start to see these events and leaders, and movements of the pendulum swinging back.

I don't start a story until I know where it's going to end.