Taken together the Internet reads like the grandest character-driven novel humanity has ever known. Not much plot though.

I’m always looking for the monster. Not even just in horror. I want them in everything. Just give me the monsters. Logical conclusions don’t satisfy. Monsters satisfy, absolutely.

Empathy is what separates human beings from teenage boys.

There are really only two ways to react to the extraordinary. The first is to ponder the grand purpose until all the fun is sucked away, the second is to enjoy it.

A little style is a good thing, but you can’t trust a person who won’t be ugly in front of you.

The best writing deadlines are poverty and death.

People who move to New York always the same mistake. They can't see the place.

Doubt is the big machine. It grinds up the delusions of women and men.

I have my teachers who tell me what to do. I'm not quite old enough yet to be truly independent.

Nearly everyone could be undone by an old woman's displeasure.

The poor aren't defeated. We're domesticated.

I know it sounds so simple but Love Is All There Is.

[B]eauty is one of the things that make you cry and so maybe beauty is always tied up in tears.

What other people think of me is not really my major concern in life. What other people think of what I write is another matter.

Changing how we see images is clearly one way to change the world.

You would not call a man humane for ceasing to set mousetraps if he did so because he believed there were no mice in the house.

Maybe if I point to my brain it will work.

I was raised a good little Catholic. What's more theatrical than the ritual of the Catholic church?

You don't disrupt genius at work.

A drawing a day keeps the cobwebs away.

While fighting for acceptance, we must remember that our own self worth is not determined by whether or not we get it.