"I have the heart of a small boy—and I keep it in a jar on my desk."

"When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'"

"It's a good idea to remember that whenever you are at any point in time, you are at a point in time, and you're not at the end of time."

"I don't mean to put down anybody's taste but they were all lovey-dovey, you know, and he got all sparkly. So that kind of spoiled that."

"The thing under the bed waiting to grab your ankle isn't necessarily a monster. Maybe it's just a ghost of your own fear, waiting to be acknowledged."