The great thing about my life is that everything I've done is a result of what I was when I was 12 or 13.

Life is about trying things to see if they work.

Kids love me because I write stories that tell them about their capacity for evil. I'm one of the few writers who lets you cleanse yourself that way.

But no man's a hero to himself.

A book is a loaded gun in the house next door...Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man?

You don't have to turn on the TV set. You don't have to work on the Internet. It's up to you.

I used to take my short stories to girls' homes and read them to them. Can you imagine the reaction reading a short story to a girl instead of pawing her?