In the end, all you want is someone to long for you when it comes time to put you in the ground.

You never know what's going to happen in your life, and you never know what's going to happen in someone else's life either.

Being taken seriously, for a young writer, is a wonderful form of encouragement, but at the same time, I don't think one should ever feel like attempting a kind of artistic endeavor is beyond your scope just because of age or inexperience.

A lot of writers that I know have told me that the first book you write, you write about your childhood, whether you want to or not. It calls you back.

I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.

I like dark subject matter. I'm not sure what that means about me!

My mother always says that fear and pain are immediate, and that, when they're gone we're left with the concept, but not the true memory.