I don't like to talk about work in progress, but the novel I'm working on now is definitely not horror.

New Orleans cuisine is Creole rather than Cajun.

In the Netherlands I read the first chapter of Exquisite Corpse to an audience that laughed in all the places I thought were funny - an experience I've never had in America!

The night is the hardest time to be alive and 4am knows all my secrets.

You hold onto what you have; you do not give it up easily, even when you know it is poisoning you.

You can only maintain an immensely gothic attitude for so long before either killing yourself or beginning to feel like a poser.

Some nights are made for torture, or reflection, or the savoring of loneliness.

I can't heal your pain but I can see it. And you don't have to be lost. Not forever.

Young writers shouldn't be afraid of striving to emulate their favorites. It's a good way to learn, as long as you move on from it and don't publish too many of the results.

Never relinquish your terrors. That's when they catch you.

Ive tried to avoid labels, but they always find you.

Life is just a lot of everyday adventures.

No true hero ever believes that they are one.

The strength of 'Peep Show' has always been that that it's quite traditional, but it's obviously presented in a very new way.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

Loving yourself, is loving the universe.

For me, I'm not a jealous person. That's just not my thing. You have to have trust in your relationship.

There are two things which Man cannot look at directly without flinching: the sun and death.

Wipe your glosses with what you know.

I am not an Internet superstar.

When life hands you lemons make lemonade. Then find someone who's life gave them Tequila and have a party.