I don't know much more than I did when I was alive. Most of the stuff I know now that I didn't know then I can't put into words.

You can't trust other people. If it's important, you have to do it yourself.

I'm intrigued with figuring out the places [where] the horrible and the beautiful meet - that aesthetic fascinates me.

I lay on the bed and lost myself in stories. I liked that. Books were safer than other people anyways.

Writing is flying in dreams. When you remember. When you can. When it works. It's that easy.

Being a writer of fiction isn't like being a compulsive liar, honestly.

I like the stars. It's the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, they're always flaring up and caving in and going out. But from here, I can pretend... I can pretend that things last.