Too much mystery is merely an annoyance. Too much adventure is exhausting. And a little terror goes a long way.

If you have to pay the bills, and you write something you're not proud of, use a pen-name for that.

Not funny ha ha, funny weird.

What will happen will happen. There is time for miracles until there is no more time, but time has no end.

Maybe there's nothing impossible tonight. We're down the hole to Wonderland, and no White Rabbit to guide us." If I remember correctly, the White Rabbit was an unreliable guide, anyway.

I see dead people. But, then by God, I do something about it!

Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along.