In good old Colonial Dunsboro, masochism is a valuable job skill. It is in most jobs.

Just let your hand drop; and let fate decide for you.

You hear the best stories from ordinary people. That sense of immediacy is more real to me than a lot of writerly, literary-type crafted stories. I want that immediacy when I read a novel.

She's not wearing makeup so her face just looks like skin.

Each wedding picture was less of a memento than a scar. Proof of some horror movie scenario Katherine Kenton has survived.

Everyone's in their own personal coma.

All human beings search for either reasons to be good, or excuses to be bad.