I'd come to believe there was no food more depressing than Danish, a pastry that seemed stale upon arrival

I'm a huge fan of ghost stories, that sort of slow build, the suspense and the questioning about whether you're imagining something or if it's real.

Love makes you want to be a better man. But maybe love, real love, also gives you permission to just be the man you are.

I have four or five ideas that just keep floating around and I want to kind of just let one - like a beautiful butterfly, let it land somewhere.

I assumed everything bad in the world could happen, because everything bad in the world already did happen.

Dark sides are important. They should be nurtured like nasty black orchids.

Sometimes I think I won't ever feel safe until I can count my last days on one hand.