And I can't think of a reason I'd ever use a pseudonym, as I wouldn't want to publish something that I didn't like enough to put my name on it.

My childhood may have been more demented than most, because I learned to read very early and was allowed to read whatever I wanted.

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

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

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

I can't heal your pain but I can see it. And you don't have to be lost. Not forever.

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.