His blood is black and boiling hot, he gurgles ghastly groans. He'll cook you in his dinner pot, your skin, your flesh, your bones.

A poet is not something you become; a poet is something you are.

I would go to sketch groups and draw. I really enjoyed the subject matter, but I wasn't good at it.

I always knew would be some sort of artist, but didn't know what.

I keep a guitar around while writing and will improvise music. I do this for several reasons, such as that it's fun, and sometimes it helps me with the meter.

I accept challenges, I have always done that in writing.

She comes by night, in fearsome flight, in garments black as pitch, the queen of doom upon her broom, the wild and wicked witch.