In the Netherlands I read the first chapter of Exquisite Corpse to an audience that laughed in all the places I thought were funny - an experience I've never had in America!

You hold onto what you have; you do not give it up easily, even when you know it is poisoning you.

I'd much rather do an obviously commercial writing project than get a day job.

Horror is the badge of humanity, worn proudly, self-righteously, and often falsely.

You can only maintain an immensely gothic attitude for so long before either killing yourself or beginning to feel like a poser.

If you’re ever lucky enough to belong somewhere, if a place takes you in and you take it into yourself, you don't desert it just because it can kill you. There are things more valuable than life.

With the first kiss his mouth will taste of wormwood.