If the universe is bigger and stranger than I can imagine, it's best to meet it with an empty bladder.

I know a little bit about deaf culture because a friend of mine has been in the deaf culture for awhile. Over the course of 25 years, she and I have talked about many of the issues and concerns for deaf people and deaf culture.

Ultimately the first, best step in getting your work noticed is to write good work. If people don't engage in your writing, no amount of serialization or free downloads is going to matter. You have to write something worth reading, and often it takes time to get at that level.

Being poor is people wondering why you didn't leave.

It's easier to miss her at a cemetery, where she's never been anything but dead, than to miss her at all the places where she was alive.

I failed angst in high school. They let me graduate anyway.

I grew up in southern California in the 80s. Yes, I am a walking cliche.