History is nothing except monsters or victims. Or witnesses.

I hate how on TV they have to fill so many minutes. It means they have to put in anything, and by doing so they sort of trivialize news; news becomes this commodity that they need to fill dead time between commercials with.

What you have to consider is the possibility that God doesn't like you. Could be, God hates us. This is not the worst thing that could happen.

The girl traced the outline of her lover's shadow so she would always have a record of how he looked.

The only thing I shy away from is non-consensual violence. I can't write a story where someone is a simple victim because it's boring.

People had been working for so many years to make the world a safe, organized place. Nobody realized how boring it would become. With the whole world property-lined and speed-limited and zoned and taxed and regulated, with everyone tested and registered and adressed and recorded. Nobody had left much room for adventure, except maybe the kind you could buy. [...] The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom.

A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection.