“Its my opinion that only in times of utter depression or lofty peace is it appropriate to be creative.”

“I primarily use poetry as a purge, a self-medication device when Im in the depths of loneliness, anxiety or in the throes of depression. When Im lost in the darkness of mental illness, I spill fort...”

“I write fiction not for my readers and not for myself. I write fiction for the sake of those odd heroic characters that are contained therein. They are counting on me as much as I am counting on them.”

“I feel like these characters, these places, these beings and plots, and even these inanimate objects are counting on me for survival. Its my responsibility to reveal them to the world, to show my r...”

“Edgar Allan Poes writings showed me perfectly that there can be such fragile beauty and purity located in darkness and sorrow.”

“As long as I have other ideas and projects noted, I feel confident that they'll be alright until I get to them. And my ideas and tastes may have evolved by the time I get to them so that an idea ca...”

“In my own book-signings, I find humility. It’s always humbling when people go out of their way to come visit with me and by some of my books.”

“I am one and when I am one I am none, and when I am none I have won.”

“He didn't mind how he looked to other people, because the nursery magic had made him Real, and when you are Real shabbiness doesn't matter.”

“ The least known among the virtues and also the most misunderstood is the virtue of humility. Yet, it is the very groundwork of Christianity. Humility is a grace of the soul that cannot be expresse...”