We all sleep with the corpses of our dead lovers.

A pure love is a selfless love, but can desire ever be selfless?

I learned to love stories by listening to them.

Drug programs began to turn their attention and money away from prevention and into maintenance. Methadone was cheaper than social workers, I suppose.

Novels are written, not wished into existence. You have to sit your ass in the chair or nothing gets done.

The regional tags are often pejorative and dismissive. Don't think of place-bound stories, in other words, but of stories with a strong sense of place.

A lack of narrative structure, as you know, will cause anxiety.