I know not whether you came to me or I to you. Not whether it was a dream, asleep or awake. I am lost in the darkness of a downcast heart. Dream or reality. Let it be decided tonight.

When you love something you just don't want to stop talking about it.

Anything that keeps you happy and writing is part of my writing ritual: I like music, so I tend to have it playing in the background. But if I'm interested, I can write in an airport waiting areas.

I really don't know what "I love you" means. I think it means "Don't leave me here alone.

Real life doesn't have to be convincing, but fiction does.

Now Coraline," said Miss Spink, "what's your name?" "Coraline," said Coraline. "And we don't know each other, do we?" Coraline looked at the thin young woman with black button eyes and shook her head slowly.

Dahling, when God put teeth in your mouth, he ruined a perfectly good arsehole.