Oh Christ, he groaned to himself, if this is the stuff adults have to think about I never want to grow up

Rationalism is the idea that we can ever understand anything about the state of being. It's a deathtrip. It always has been. . . . And if rationalism is a deathtrip, then irrationalism might very well be a lifetrip . . . at least until it proves otherwise.

Nightmares exist outside of logic, and there's little fun to be had in explanations; they're antithetical to the poetry of fear.

You want to remember that while you're judging the book, the book is also judging you.

That's the curse of the reading class. We can be seduced by a good story even at the most inopportune moments.

Writing is not life, but I think that sometimes it can be a way back to life.

I don't want to speak too disparagingly of my generation (actually I do, we had a chance to change the world but opted for the Home Shopping Network Instead).