Evolve? Like a Pokemon?' I have no idea why I say this. I think I'm kind of going into shock, and the first thing that pops into my head when he says evolve is Charmander evolving into Charizard.

Love doesn’t exist, you see. It’s just another shadowy figure that goes bump in the night.

Monsters can live inside a person. Sometimes they know about it. More often they don't.

Love is a monster.

The fundamental emotional need of every child is being-with.

Sadness was so claustrophobic.

I never went after character payments. I'm pretty much terrible at naming characters, so I usually name them after people I know.

Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.

Men, all men, were always trying to get hold of me, you know.

But for the time being, I've only learned one cake recipe and how to make scrambled eggs.

I've always written at night - my working day for years was around 9pm to 2am - though I do keep more regular hours these days.

The important thing of any time you live in is to be in love yourself. You float above your time then. It's what you want that counts, not what your time wants.

Chess is a contest between two men which lends itself particularly to the conflicts surrounding aggression.

Payday came and with it beer