Depression is melancholy minus its charms.

A large part of the popularity and persuasiveness of psychology comes from its being a sublimated spiritualism: a secular, ostensibly scientific way of affirming the primacy of spirit over matter.

I’ve grown up defined by this desperate, undeniable, ‘can’t breathe’ kind of space inside of myself and I’m afraid that the diagnosis is fatal.

Worry compounds the futility of being trapped on a dead-end street. Thinking opens new avenues.

Married life is a simpler life. Who I spend my time with is established in advance.

If all the world were music, Our hearts would often long For one sweet strain of silence. To break the endless song.

I'm a bloody fun-seeker. Whatever the role is, I'll find a way to deliver the line that is confounding.

When you slick back your hair, you get a really good idea of just how melon-like your head actually is.

I didn't 'decide' to write YA, per se. But every time I thought of a story, it featured characters 15, 16, 17.

Every single record I make is an act of faith in a sense, and somewhere I also have faith that the people who need to hear my music somehow will.

Social Engineering - The art of replacing what works with what sounds good.

People are entitled to joy in work.