To do magic, to do great magic, he has to know himself as a piece of the universe.A piece of the universe?A little piece that has all the rest of it in it. Everything outside of him is also inside of him.

On gym days, I don't get to my desk until 4 in the afternoon, and everything except bedtime and the appointment with the liquid narcotic is pushed back a bit.

Intellectual labor is a common technique for the avoidance of thinking.

I liked the place I came from. But a lot of what I liked about it was that I had come from there.

I was once told by a very well-respected editor, "Category horror is about good vs. evil, that's all it is." And I thought, "That's why it's no good. That's why I find that stuff unreadable." One is looking for something that's a little more emotionally complex and nuanced.

Fear and I were old buddies, despite my best efforts to the contrary.

Close your mouth and get out of the way, because here comes Kelly Link, than whom no one is better.