Losers blame their parents; Failures blame their kids.

As an artist you can use your own discomfort and neuroses and difficulties and at least transform them into something else. Without that you're just neurotic and uncomfortable.

We were on our way to the twentieth floor, sharing the elevator with two suits that had men inside them.

I write fiction, there's no guarantee that what I say is truthful.

Sometimes I think the human animal doesn't really need food or water to survive, only gossip.

I feel that there are two kinds of writers. I feel that there are writers who are storytellers and then there are those just working out their obsessions. I think I'm a combination. I think, at least for these books, I'm going with fear. I've always been interested in fear. Fear is something I've dealt with in life, and I think it's the main motivating factor of everything, almost. From sex to politics.

Optimism isnt funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. Its exaggeration.