I see contemporary violence as a kind of sardonic response to the promise of consumer fulfilment in America.

We seem to believe it is possible to ward off death by following rules of good grooming.

A Catholic is raised with the idea that he will die any minute now and if he doesn't live his life in a certain way, this death is an introduction to an eternity of pain.

That's what in theory differentiates a writer from everyone else. You see and hear more clearly.

I see contemporary violence as a kind of sardonic response to the promise of consumer fulfilment in America.

Everything that goes on in your whole life is a result of molecules rushing around somewhere in your brain.

Talent is more erotic when it's wasted.