I don't want to die without any scars.

A child who is disillusioned abruptly, by his peers or siblings, being ridiculed for his faith and imagination, may choose never to believe in anything- tangible or intangible- again. To never trust or wonder.

The worst part of writing fiction is the fear of wasting your life behind a keyboard. The idea that, dying, you'll realize you only lived on paper. Your only adventures were make-believe, and while the world fought and kissed, you sat in some dark room masturbating and making money.

A writer’s job is to cultivate what can go wrong.

You realize you have no control over how you're perceived.

Give me romance. Flash. Give me denial.

Almost all the time, you tell yourself you're loving somebody when you're just using them. This only looks like love.