Your 'let's remain calm and stay put' speech would be a lot more convincing if you weren't giving it in front of a pile of burning skeletons.

Tried to escape, to block out the fact that I was being eaten alive by arachnids. For some reason the only thing I could replace it with was the image of being eaten by tiny clowns.

SHUT UP. Both of you. You're coming with me." To me he said, "Put some pant

What, then, is the soul but a prisoner of your flesh? An undying yet constrained energy, bound and enslaved within a shuffling, steadily rotting suit of tissue and savage needs?

It had the tangled floor plan common to all hospitals, seemingly designed by someone who believed in the healing power of watching confused visitors aimlessly wander around hallways.

I wrapped up the remaining half burrito and tossed it into the trash can. Molly watched this act of wastefulness with an expression like she had just seen her entire family die in a fire.

The answers are never "out there." All the answers are "in there, " inside you, waiting to be discovered.

I guess the underlying principle might be, don't make it too easy for them to stereotype you.

A Train was born without any effort - if was like writing a letter to a friend.

Probably right at the end of JAG, I would love to have a child or two. I ultimately want to have two kids.

What do you say to taking chances?

I still think most writers are just kids who refuse to grow up. We're still playing imaginary games, with our imaginary friends.

Every time I tried to tell you the words just came out wrong, so I'll have to say I love you in a song.

If you settle for what you've got, you deserve what you get.

You have to be an extremely good reader to appreciate what a good writer is. There are some people who are completely insensitive to good writing.

The song 'Innocent' is a song that I wrote about something that really, really emotionally impacted me.