I love to make even villains people you can relate to. When you find out who did it, I think you almost like the person, which is not easy to do.

Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher.

An hour before his world exploded like a ripe tomato under a stiletto heel, Myron bit into a fresh pastry that tasted suspiciously like urinal cake.

The state of New Jersey is really two places - terrible cities and wonderful suburbs. I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves. It's very romantic in that way, but a bit naive. I like to play with that in my work.

This was a place where tattoos outnumbered teeth.

I'm thinking of taking up golf, but the idea of spending time with golfers frightens me.

In short, the satisfaction of creating, not necessarily the process, always lifts my heart.