When people are finding meaning in things -- beware.

I realize that homosexuality is a serious problem for anyone who is - but then, of course, heterosexuality is a serious problem for anyone who is, too. And being a man is a serious problem and being a woman is, too. Lots of things are problems.

Vice is nice, but a little virtue won't hurt you.

I don't know what it is I'm doing. But it's not that. Despite all evidence to the contrary.

When people are finding meaning in things -- beware.

Interviewer: What is your greatest regret? Gorey: That I don't have one

I really think I write about everyday life. I don't think I'm quite as odd as others say I am. Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at the same time. At any given moment the floor may open up. Of course, it almost never does; that's what makes it so boring.