"I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of."

"I’m not a romantic, I’m a realist. I don’t believe in happy endings, but I do believe in right now."

"All life is a process of breaking down."

"I wish I could live my life over again, but I wouldn't do anything different. I'd just do it better."

"I'm not a novelist. I'm a short story writer. I'm a poet. I'm a playwright. I'm a journalist. I'm a hack."