Since we do operate in a binary world, if there's something that cannot be this or that, it drives us crazy.

Believe in me and die forever.

What you write should entertain you and serve you first. Don't worry about maintaining anything beyond your own attention. Focus on exorcising your demons in the work. If you can do that, then you'll succeed in the world.

Her voice makes me think of her mouth makes me think of her breath makes me think of her breasts.

We come from a generation of people who need their TV or stereo playing all the time. These people so scared of silence. These soundaholics, these quietophobics.

People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.

I remember selling my first short story and thinking, Oh my god, I sold something for fifty dollars! That gives me the authority to say I'm a writer and to actually write more things! It legitimized the activity.