Writing novels reminds me of being an awkward 15-year-old typing on a Commodore 64 in his bedroom, trying to be the next Stephen King.

I read like fiends smoke crack

I love seeing guys on the worst possible day and watching them scramble.

The noir universe hates do-gooders so it tries to pound them and punish them.

I think managing pain with narcotics could be a useful skill. Hiding your true self from you co-workers, which is totally true. Exacting justice when it needs to be dealt.

Novels are a marathon, while comic scripts are a sprint.

With novels, you're sitting at a desk, alone, going slightly crazy, for anywhere from six months to a year with zero feedback.

What is the mass of a feeling? What is its wavelength, its position on the electromagnetic spectrum?

A poem is like a radio that can broadcast continuously for thousands of years.

Lawful good to lawful evil!" said Simon, pleased. "He's quoting Dungeons and Dragons," said Clary. "Ignore him.

I'm more optimistic about cycling right now than I've ever been.

That okay. I'll go find somewhere else to sleep." Her fingers wrap around my arm. "You don't have to go anywhere. I feel safe with you.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else.

I do some concerts. At the moment, I'm being helped a lot by a gig I play in London, which is Pizza Express.

For the first time ever, everything is in place for the Battle of Armageddon and the Second Coming of Christ.

In a lot of ways, certain things, it feels like they're never going to go away. The best thing to do is continue to ask questions, look that fear in the eye.