Be willing and unafraid to write badly, because often the bad stuff...forms a base on which to build something better.

Structural dissatisfaction: Returning to circumstances that once pleased you, after having experienced a more thrilling or opulent way of life, and finding that you can no longer tolerate them.

When does a fake Mohawk become a real Mohawk? Who decides? How do you know if it's happened?

reach isn’t describable in terms of cause and effect anymore: it’s simultaneous.

She'd risked everything, and here was the result: the raw, warped core of her life.

Kissing Mother Superior, incompetent, hairball, poppy seeds, on the can.

I haven't had writer's block. I think it's because my process involves writing very badly.