Even though I get a lot done with my solitude, and I make the best use of it possible, I always think solitude is an interlude in a period of time, which is populated by others.

Fear and hope are alike underneath.

Most things don't stay the way they are for very long. I take nothing for granted and try to be ready for the change that's soon to come.

America beats on you so hard the whole time. You are constantly being pummeled by other people's rights and their sense of patriotism.

If loneliness is the disease, the story is the cure.

There are more people in America that love guns and want guns for themselves and everyone else than there are not. It is also true that liberals who don't want guns are puny by and large. They're not risking anything, all they're doing is saying they don't like something. Liberals are quick to say this should happen and this should not happen, but they don't do anything about it much.

I'm not one of those people who as a writer lets my characters tell me what they want to do or call to me or seek me. I go seeking for things, using them as an agent, really.