For me it is really important to have a story with blood in the veins, there are bad tempers and good tempers.

I will not allow anyone to take anything off my palette but if I do then within that, I can be creative.

Stories are the wildest things of all. Stories chase and bite and hunt.

But,' he thinks, 'it's possible to die before you die.

Too much talking," I say. "Not enough running.

Me and Todd? Together against the Mayor?" She smiles. "He doesn't stand a chance.

Stories don’t always have happy endings.