When you punish a person for dreaming his dream, don't expect him to thank or forgive you.

The more I learn about stuff the more conscious I become of grave gaps in my knowledge.

Anger is preverbal, so, by the time you're using words to express an angry feeling, you're already imposing loads of structure on that primal experience.

There are only two stories: either you go forward or you die.

When I was kid, they always used to tell me to keep notebooks. I look at my shelves now and it's just nothing but notebooks. And if I haven't gotten an idea but I have time to work, I'll pull one out and I bet there will be five or six sentences that will kick me off.

I know it's a cliché to say I write for myself, but I write for myself.

Not everybody relates to pain, but if you can watch other people playacting it, you can absorb some of that vibe. It's like watching horror movies - you want to have the experience, but in a safe environment.