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

If you make people laugh too much, their blood becomes - I believe it is acidic as opposed to alkaline. It changes the oxygen level in the blood, and people are likelier to pass out at that point.

I wanted to destroy everything beautiful I'd never have.

That's how a good story works. It changes how you feel. It brings you to a greater appreciation, a greater joy, of your own existence.

If you knew that your life was merely a phase or short, short segment of your entire existence, how would you live? Knowing nothing 'real' was at risk, what would you do? You'd live a gigantic, bold, fun, dazzling life. You know you would. That's what the ghosts want us to do - all the exciting things they no longer can.

The most boring scenes are the scenes where a character is alone.

Sticks and stones may break your bones but words can hurt like hell.