Nothing more exhilarating ... than saving yourself by the simple act of waking.

I just want some space to myself every now and then. Every time I’m with you I have this sense that you want something from me.

I think men spend so much time passing for being men.

I feel most like myself... after I run - I go out for five miles every morning.

An ear will never do you wrong, but I know writers who... most of the language they use is just extracted language from other languages they've read. I am a big-time reader, but I mix and match.

Ana Iris once asked me if I loved him and I told her about the lights in my old home in the capital, how they flickered and you never knew if they would go out or not. You put down your things and you waited and couldn't do anything really until the lights decided. This, I told her, is how I feel.

You really want to know what being an X-Man feels like? Just be a smart bookish boy of color in a contemporary U.S. ghetto. Mamma mia! Like having bat wings or a pair of tentacles growing out of your chest.