I would not describe myself as a political writer except in the sense that the personal is political, which is something that I do strongly believe. And in that sense American Gods is a very personal novel and a political novel. I was trying to describe the experience of coming to America as an immigrant, the experience of watching the way that America tends to eat other cultures.

I think I’ll dismember the world and then I’ll dance in the wreckage.

Not gay, just never met the right woman.

You don't get heaven or hell. Do you know the only reward you get for being Batman? You get to be Batman.

Stories you read when you're the right age never quite leave you. You may forget who wrote them or what the story was called.

What do stars do? They shine.

I have a feeling,’ he said, ‘I have a feeling that we were meant to be together. That we have fought the good fight, side by side, in the past or in the future, I do not know. I am a rational man, but I have learned the value of a good companion, and from the moment I clapped eyes on you, I knew I trusted you as well as I do myself. Yes, I want you with me.