To be known so well by someone is an unimaginable gift. But to be imagined so well by someone is even better.

Happy is what you realize you are a fraction of a second before it's too late.

Every great narrative is at least two narratives, if not more - the thing that is on the surface and then the things underneath which are invisible.

Books mean all possibilities. They mean moving out of yourself, losing yourself, dying of thirst and living to your full. They mean everything.

I wouldn't call my work Modernist. I would rust if I try to think about labels. I'd feel like the Tin Man in 'The Wizard of Oz.

Oh. To be filled with goodness then shattered by goodness, so beautifully mosaically fragmented by such shocking goodness.

Stella Duffy is a writer who never lets you down.

Do you come to art to be comforted, or do you come to art to be re-skinned?

We'd never expect to understand a piece of music on one listen, but we tend to believe we've read a book after reading it just once.

Short stories consume you faster. They're connected to brevity. With the short story, you are up against mortality. I know how tough they are as a form, but they're also a total joy.

A good argument, like a good dialogue, is always a proof of life, but I'd much rather go and read a book.

Success doesn't come to you you go to it.

I wanted to talk to someone. But who? It’s moments like this, when you need someone the most, that your world seems smallest.

I believe that I'm going to have a Grammy.

All songs are already perfectly written. It is the writer's job to find it and get it on paper.

It's logical for us to sing, but not necessarily operatic pieces.

A liberal society cannot be defended by herbivores. We need carnivores to save us, but we had better make sure the meat-eaters hunt only on our orders.

The authors of great evils know best how to remove them.

I have been told by hospital authorities that more copies of my works are left behind by departing patients than those of any other author.

Erica Kane was a spectacular role for any actress to play, and I felt so lucky to be the one who got to do it.

My favorite holiday spot has to be New York, on the St. Lawrence River. Without a doubt that area there is perfect for me. Very, very spacious. It's nice.