There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale.

The puppet thinks: It's not so much what they make me do as their hands inside me.

Lies were like having a pregnant rabbit. One day you had one, but before you knew it, there were rabbits all over the place.

Dying doesn't end anything - it just changes where you are

I've always known and been interested in people who are a little bit off the norm. I like to call attention to the idea that they are there, that they are real people, not invisible.

Music’s the soundtrack of my life and has been since I was a teenager. There’s always music. If I’m not playing it, I’m listening to it. With my writing... sometimes it inspires a story, sometimes it highlights something I’m working on, sometimes it simply helps me stay in the narrative mood.

I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile.