It's necessary to start most work alone. But I'm tickled to death when I can pull somebody in or join someone, whether it's borrowing poetry or traveling with an associate.

At times your unconsciousness is truer than your conscious mind

Hands on your breast can keep your heart beating.

Killing is unavoidable but is nothing to be proud of

Anger or hate can be a useful motivating force

My arrogance knows no bounds and I will make no peace today, and you should be so lucky to find a woman like me.

I was hesitant to approach people. I'm socially awkward. But I was working on a number of memorials, and finally it dawned on me: These are memorials to people who wrote, so I should use their writing. That's how I started to quit.