Whether or not this story has a happy ending depends, of course, on who is reading it. Whether you are a wolf or a girl.

I think that we want to be led slightly astray when we're being told a story. Just a little wrong footed.

Topiary has always seemed like a good occupation, comparable in some ways to writing short fiction.

The zombies were like Canadians, in that they looked enough like real people at first, to fool you.

Our eyes are always blind when they view the future.

I don't think I'm cut out for a job where you have to look professionally tidy. I prefer working in my pajamas and taking showers after lunch.

I'm grateful when stories come in a rush, although I keep an eye on them afterwards, to see whether they hold together. It's harder to judge the ones that took so long to finish. With those, I've lost perspective. Mostly I'm just glad that I can be done with them.