In America, the distance between wanting something and having it delivered to your living room is not terribly great.

I am born hungry. Ravenous. I want to eat the world, and I can never be satiated.

That's what I always liked about science fiction - you can make the world end. Humour is my multiple warhead delivery system.

Do not throw away your heart. Keep your heart. Your heart is all that matters ... Throw away your ancestors! ... Throw away your shyness and the anger that lies just a few inches beneath ... Accept the truth! And if there is more than one truth, then learn to do the difficult work -- learn to choose. You are good enough, you are HUMAN ENOUGH, to choose!

My first book really did change my life. It allowed me to fully express myself. There was a sense that I was worth something as an artist.

Reading is difficult. People just aren't meant to read anymore. We're in a post-literate age. You know, a visual age. How many years after the fall of Rome did it take for a Dante to appear? Many, many years.

If you're not fascinated by Korea yet, you damn well should be. The most innovative country on earth deserves a hilarious and poignant account on the order of Euny Hong's The Birth of Korean Cool. Her phat beats got Gangnam Style and then some.