Welcome to the worst nightmare of all, reality!

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.

The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.

Understanding who you are within comes through self- awareness and self-education

I am not important. If I take a break, no one dies. And this is A Good Thing.

I think American literature is in a tedious place, horrible place. I can't even engage with it.

It isn't kind to cultivate a friendship just so one will have an audience.

I do so much work that I don't have a lot of time for my life!

If he's forgotten me, I'll make him remember me. I'll make him want me again.

Sometimes people get mad at The Simpsons' subversive story telling, but there's another message in there, which is a celebration of making wild, funny stories.

Wealth is of the heart and mind, not the pocket

Mmm. O positive, my favorite.