I'm trying to trick people into thinking about the unthinkable by using pop culture images.

Labels only confuse people. The smarter people recognize artists who transcend categories. But I always try to entertain. It's in my nature; writers are born to entertain. If that means working ostensibly within a genre, fine.

A man must make of his life a ladder that he never ceases to climb -- if you're not rising, you are slipping down the rungs, my friend.

I'm trying to trick people into thinking about the unthinkable by using pop culture images.

I do try to be of some use in the world. I sometimes do volunteer work with kids, and manage to help some people a little, but really making a significant difference can be hard.

I'm incapable of writing without social commentary. I like to think that it's integrated and not really heavy handedly didactic.

People in extreme conditions are suddenly naked, realer than normal, perhaps even more alive.