How many times, over how many years, had he—a grown man—asked for the mercy of another chance? He was suddenly so sick of himself, so revolted, that he could have groaned aloud.

Wow. This makes grand central look like a bus stop in Buttfuck Nebraska.

There's a lot of things people think they can't do and then discover they can when they find themselves tight-wired.

A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.

What Darwin was too polite to say, my friends, is that we came to rule the earth not because we were the smartest, or even the meanest, but because we have always been the craziest, most murderous motherfuckers in the jungle.

If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to write.

Don’t go beyond, no matter how much you feel you need to, Doctor. The barrier was not made to be broken. Remember this: there is more power here than you know. It is old and always restless. Remember.