It’s hard to let go. Even when what you’re holding onto is full of thorns, it’s hard to let go. Maybe especially then.

It don't matter if you believe in God Nick, he believes in you.

Human Nature Baby, grab it and growl.

Anything with the power to make you laugh over thirty years later isn’t a waste of time. I think something like that is very close to immortality.

I think the best stories always end up being about the people rather than the event, which is to say character-driven.

The most important things to remember about back story are that (a) everyone has a history and (b) most of it isn’t very interesting.

I've spoken out my whole life against the idea of simply dismissing whole areas of fiction by saying it's "genre" and therefore can't be seen as literature.