Life is absolutely horrific, leading up to absolute horror.

I guess there was a war going on somewhere in the world that night but it wasn't one that could touch us.

The average attention span of the modern human being is about half as long as whatever youre trying to tell them.

I was pretty far gone, but not so far gone that I thought anyone with half a toehold in reality would think what we were doing was a good idea.

Staying alive was what we did to pass the time.

I've noticed that the magic getting along with someone isn't really magic. If you break it down, you can see how it happens. You say something a bit off-center and see if they react. If they get it, they push it a bit further. Then it's your turn again. And theirs. And so on, until it's banter. Once it's banter, it's friendship.

Self-knowledge is essential not only to writing, but to doing almost anything really well. It allows you to work through from a deep place - from the deep, dark corners of your subconscious mind.