Life is absolutely horrific, leading up to absolute horror.

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.

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

At the time, I didn't have the insight to wonder at the transient nature of despair, but now that I'm older I've seen how little it takes to turn a person's life around for better or worse. An event will do, or an Idea. Another person. An idea of a person.

I felt a momentary urge to leap into the sea and swim free of the present.

The imagination can be dangerous. It can change the world. And that is why we write.

Fate isn't some middle-aged man with a squint who won't recognize you if you change your clothes.