He unzipped his pants and his brains fell out.

The only merciful thing about drug abuse is the speed with which it devastates you. Alcoholics can take decades to destroy themselves and everyone they touch. The drug addict can accomplish this in a year or two. Of course, suicide is even more efficient.

I mean, what do people talk about when they're married?" "Their kids, I guess." "Maybe that's all they have in common.

You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.

I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off.

I think of birth as the search for a larger apartment.

I write poetry. It comes naturally to me, but from a technical point of view it forces me to pay close attention to language and to scan.