Something feels weird," he told Laura. That wasn't the first thing he said to her. The first thing was "I love you," because it's a good thing to say if you can mean it, and Shadow did.

I think I would rather be a man than a god. We don’t need anyone to believe in us. We just keep going anyhow. It’s what we do.

I used to get my best ideas from being bored, and now, if I even think I'm being faintly bored, I have two million Twitter followers I can engage with. It's great, but I also think it's important to be able to let your thoughts flow and percolate.

I am fascinated a) by transgressive art and b) what happens beyond the boundaries.

There's nothing for getting you good fast like having to be good fast, if that makes any sense.

The world seemed to shimmer a little at the edges.

Bod shrugged. "So?" he said. "It's only death. I mean, all of my best friends are dead.