In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man will poke out his eye to fit in.

Magick may be no more than the willful invocation of awe.

Every month, the US is spending more on the Iraqi war than it took to reach Saturn and Titan. Mass murder is expensive, and good science is relatively cheap.

Originality is the most deadly mirage in all of art. You can chase it from now until doomsday, and you'll only find yourself lost and dying of thirst.

Normal is a bitter pill that we rail against.

Language is a poor enough means of communication as it is. So we should use all the words we have.

Art should never be a slave to commerce, but for all working artists that's exactly what it must be.

A book may only be judged for what it is, not what you'd like it to be.

Ghosts are those memories that are too strong to be forgotten for good, echoing across the years and refusing to be obliterated by time.

Assassination is almost always unthinkable to moral, thinking men until after a holocaust has come and gone.

All too infrequently do I encounter a new voice as delightful, compelling, and intelligent as that of Molly Tanzer.

You fell in love with a storm. Did you really think you would get out unscathed?

I'm a lot less serious than people think.

Distress: A disease incurred by exposure to the prosperity of a friend.

I always get offered the pretty, popular girl roles, but I want to do something dark, really challenge myself and get out of my comfort level.

We don't believe because we understand. We understand because we believe.

It was never the goal to be a solo performer. It was just something that made the most sense at the time.

God, I'm such a lazy writer - I can't even think up new names.

But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and do not transgress what is just, for them the city flourishes and its people prosper.

My career means the world to me and it's something I'm very proud of.

...beauty is the projection of ugliness and by developing certain monstrosities we obtain the purest ornaments.