And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor, Shall be lifted -- Nevermore!

The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

There is no beauty without some strangeness

All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.

The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute.

And so, being young and dipt in folly, I fell in love with melancholy.

I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

I've just vowed my love for you. Have you nothing to say in return?" Duncan asked."Thank you, husband.

Somewhere embedded in every ordinary book are the five or six words for which really all the rest will be written.

Man is a bird full of mud, I say aloud. And death looks on with a casual eye and scratches his anus.

Sometimes I'd like to stuff all Jews (myself included) into the drawer of a laundry basket. then open it to see if they've suffocated

We're Mexican not Mexican't!

The short story feels like the most natural length for prose fiction, or certainly for the kind of ideas and situations I like to encounter.

Obstreperous, ‘huh,” said Tad. “I see you’ve been using that Big Word of the Day calendar I got you last Christmas.” “That is irrefragable,” I told him solemnly.

You can lead a bureaucrat to water, but you can't make him think.

When I'm in the studio I often hunger for the road. And when away I long for the efficiency of the studio.

I was working in customer service and had a verbally abusive boss. One day, I decided to quit and pursue my acting passion with everything I had. One week after quitting, I booked One Life to Live.