Grief is natural,' she said. 'Overcoming it is a matter of choice.

our job was merely to create the noise that seemed to fascinate them.

The worst thing about religion was religious people.

That’s how people live, by telling stories. What’s the first thing a kid says when he learns how to talk? “Tell me a story.” That’s how we understand who we are, where we come from. Stories are everything.

Basically you come up with the fictional idea and you start writing that story, but then in order to write it and to make it seem real, you sometimes put your own memories in. Even if it's a character that's very different from you.

Whenever we got a glimpse, their faces looked indecently revealed, as though we were used to seeing women in veils.

Virgin suicide What was that she cried? No use in stayin' On this holocaust ride She gave me her cherry She's my virgin suicide