In high school I was the dog, always, and I never have felt comfortable or right in my body, and part of my whole exhibitionist thing has probably been a way of testing to see whether or not I really was this repulsive creature that I felt like for so long.

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

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

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

I believe in whatever gets you throught the night. [...] Night is the hardest time to be alive. For me, anyway. It lasts so long, and four A.M.knows all my secrets.

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

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