The problem with every story is you tell it after the fact.

To see how boring you really are, write a book about soap and cults, and the profits you make will be your only means of subsistence.

That's why I write, because life never works except in retrospect. You can't control life, at least you can control your version.

It's only in drugs or death we'll see anything new, and death is just too controlling.

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.

I like to get people moving and jumping. I think it's good to add more emotion and chaos.

You can only hold a smile for so long, after that it's just teeth.