We burn so hard, but we shed so little light; it makes us crazy and sad.

Believe me, when I say; There are no two powers That command the soul. One is God The other is the tide. -Anon From the novel Abarat

A monster lies in wait in me,a stew of wounds and misery.But fiercer still in life and limb,the me that lies in wait in him

Memory, prophecy, and fantasy— The past, the future, and The dreaming moment between— Are all in one country, Living one immortal day. To know that is Wisdom. To use it is the Art.

You just have to trust your own madness.

Horror fiction shows us that the control we believe we have is purely illusory, and that every moment we teeter on chaos and oblivion.

I don't like PG-13 horror movies. I think they're a contradiction in terms.

I'm a great dog fanatic. My own dog died a little while ago and I take it very personally when things die-it's a major offence.

Any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.

Evil, however powerful it seemed,could be undone by its own appetite

We’re too much ourselves. Afraid of letting go of what we are, in case we are nothing, and holding on so tight, we lose everything else.

A life without increase, production and multiplication is a wasted one

We do not require man’s religion for salvation. We do not believe in anything that forces people to keep their places in this world.

With all my fans I got a family again.

I'm very interested in the history of Christianity, and what I can say for sure is that the Catholics and the Jesuits and stuff were very big on teaching and on learning.

Hey Baby. Baby? You're kidding me, right? I was trying it out. No? No.

If it ain't broke, don't break it.

As any jazz musician knows, it takes flexibility and adaptability for improvisation to create beauty.

So I rushed past the pretty girls, and the prettiest girls in the world live in Des Moines.

If you look at a thing, the very fact of your looking changes it...if you think about yourself, that very fact changes you.

I've had plenty of practice and I'm hitting the ball well. I've had no injury worries so I'm in good shape.