They discovered that even in the face of pain that seems unbearable, even in the face of pain that wrings the last drop of blood out of your heart and leaves its scrimshaw tracery on the inside of your skull, life goes on. And pain grows dull, and begins to fade

If you want something, you don't wait for the world to deal it out for you. You take it.

I'm your nightmare. Did you think you were done with nightmares, now you've become one?

Ive tried to avoid labels, but they always find you.

Celebrities, even insignificant ones like me, are created to be abused by the Great Unwashed.

My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery - which was good for me, because I like to have something to prove.

I don't think it is possible to give tips for finding one's voice; it's one of those things for which there aren't really any tricks or shortcuts, or even any advice that necessarily translates from writer to writer. All I can tell you is to write as much as possible.