Time slowed and reality bent; on and on the eggman went.

You'll consider what you did wrong & bookend your reflections with hunger - no supper, no breakfast.

the only mortal sin is giving up.

You learn best by reading a lot and writing a lot, and the most valuable lessons of all are the ones you teach yourself.

The idea that America exists in a culture of violence is bullshit. What America exists in is a culture of Kardashian.

I write about rats because they scare the hell out of me. I think we tend to write out our phobias.

But there's one thing I'm sure about. An opening line should invite the reader to begin the story. It should say: Listen. Come in here. You want to know about this.