All events became omens; I lost the ability to take anything literally.

Destiny is what we work toward. The future doesn't exist yet. Fate is for losers!

Kids today do nothing. They're so apathetic. We used to go out and protest. All they do is shop and complain.

My writing process is ritualized and monotonous, but there's no other way to get the job done. All other fiction writers I've met say the same thing.

People who advocate simplicity have money in the bank; the money came first, not the simplicity.

HISTORICAL SLUMMING: the act of visiting locations such as diners, smokestack industrial sites, rural villageslocations where time appears to have been frozen many years backso as to experience relief when one returns back to'the present'.

Flying dreams mean that you're doing the right thing with your life.