Who are you? the band sang. I tried to remember but I really couldn't say.

I'm always looking for something new and interesting to say. And it can't be something I'm directly experiencing.

Love is a check, that can be forged, that can be cashed. Love is a payment that comes due.

A novel is like a dream in which everyone is you. They’re all parts of yourself.

Oleander time, she said. Lovers who kill each other now will blame it on the wind.

I was always mortified.Didn't they know they were tying thier mothers to the ground? Weren't chains ashamed of their prisoners?

I've been depressed many times in my life. But under it all I'm an optimist.