That's not such a bad thing,' he said to me. 'In nightmares we can think the worst. That's what they're for, I guess.

You've got to do something to fill up your day. And I can only play so much guitar and watch so many TV shows. It fulfills me. There are two things about it I like: It makes me happy, and it makes other people happy.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

In these silences something may rise

Poe was the first writer to write about main characters who were bad guys or who were mad guys, and those are some of my favorite stories.

How else could he go on, except with merciful incomprehension held before him like a shield? How could anyone?

I think it is harder to write a story that appeals to the intellect. But, when you tie onto one, you can do it quite deeply. It really depends on the type of idea you have to begin with.