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.

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

Yeah, I think A Confederacy of Dunces is probably the perfect New Orleans book.

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

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

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.

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