Never relinquish your terrors. That's when they catch you.

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!

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

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

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

Some nights are made for torture, or reflection, or the savoring of loneliness.

New Orleans cuisine is Creole rather than Cajun.