It is sometimes a mistake to climb. It is always a mistake to never make the attempt.

I watch my heart disappearing into her rosebud mouth. My Valentine's jest somehow seems less funny.

Life is sometimes hard. Things go wrong, in life and in love and in business and in friendship and in health and in all other ways that life can go wrong. And when things get tough, this is what you should do. Make good art.

Parameters are the things you bounce off to create art.

I think if you decide that any book is about Only One Thing you're probably wrong. Even if that thing is in there.

I've been inspired by dreams - I've even stolen scenes or images or characters from them.

Some of the things are the same no matter which world you're in, kid. One of 'em is this: The quickest way out of something is usually straight through it.