He defined himself almost wholly in the negative: It was not who he was, it was who he was not.
Chris BohjalianLie. Put down on paper the most interesting lies you can imagine. . .and then make them plausible.
Chris BohjalianI have lived with magic and without magic, and I can tell you with certainty that a life with magic is better.
Chris BohjalianMy wife and I would be very comfortable having a baby at home, or using one of the terrific nurse-midwives at the hospital.
Chris BohjalianThe world is filled with human toxins -- not the darkness that we all occasionally crave, but actually people who are so unwilling to bask in the angelic light that is offered us all that they grow poisonous -- and you can pray for their eventual recovery and healing. And sometimes those prayers will be answered. But sometimes these individuals have been vaccinated against goodness and against angels and they are so unwilling to give an inch to their God that often they never (and I use this expression absolutely literally) see the light.
Chris Bohjalian