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

When you have too much faith in something, it's bound to hurt you. Too much faith in anything will suck you dry. In this way, all the world is a vampire.

If you're a freelance writer and aren't used to being ignored, neglected, and generally given short shrift, you must not have been in the business very long.

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

I like visiting peoples homes on Saint Josephs Day, when people set up altars, serve food as a tribute to the saint, and invite the public - I enjoy that much more than Mardi Gras.

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

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