..she took pictures of germs, viruses, and people reacting to germs and viruses. On weekends, for extra money, she photographed weddings, which really wasn't that much of a stretch

I won't put in a load of laundry, because the machine is too loud and would drown out other, more significant noises - namely, the shuffling footsteps of the living dead.

I don't like travelling if I know I have to write about it.

I've never made up events, but I've always been a big exaggerator. It's written on my humorist license that I'm allowed to do that.

No one writes dialect better than Flannery O'Connor. No one should even try.

This was the consequence of seeing too much and understanding the horrible truth: No one is safe. The world is not manageable.

I hate you' she said to me one afternoon. 'I really, really hate you.' Call me sensitive, but I couldn't help but take it personally.