And will I tell you that these three lived happily ever after? I will not, for no one ever does. But there was happiness. And they did live.

I can remember as a college student writing stories and novels, some of which ended up getting published and some that didn't. It was like my head was going to burst - there were so many things I wanted to write all at once. I had so many ideas, jammed up. It was like they just needed permission to come out.

I think that marijuana should not only be legal, I think it should be a cottage industry. It would be wonderful for the state of Maine. There's some pretty good homegrown dope. I'm sure it would be even better if you could grow it with fertilizers and have greenhouses.

I get inspiration, a lot of times, from very commonplace things that just strike a chord and develop themselves in the subconscious.

It's a little place on the Pacific Ocean. You know what the Mexicans say about the Pacific? They say it has no memory. That's where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory.

I watched Titanic when I got back home from the hospital, and cried. I knew that my IQ had been damaged.

A short story is like a kiss in the dark.