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

I'm not quite pompous enough to think of myself as an educator or a man capable of definitive refutation of falsehoods.

I'm cursed with empathy. I'm also by nature way too opinionated.

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.

I do sometimes watch 'Dr. Who' and while the stories barely make sense, if at all, the doctor is such great company I don't care.

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

Innocence could be considered a discrete state of mind.