“I don't imagine book elitists as my audience when writing. I dream about teachers, morticians and garbage men instead.”

“Non fiction? Non fiction?! Listen, reality is what got me into this mess in the first place.”

“Which is the true nightmare, the horrific dream that you have in your sleep or the dissatisfied reality that awaits you when you awake?”

“The most formidable adversary of evil is a persistent man with a loud conscience.”

“A good editor can make a respectable writer remarkable, just like a good parent helps a child become amazing.”

“We may think of ourselves as static anti-heroes, but in reality we're dynamic protagonists just waiting for our courage to kick in.”

“Are we all just Dark Age doctors, swearing by our leeches? We crave a greater science. We want to be proven wrong.”

“I'm watching her talk. Watching her jaw move and collecting her words one by one as they spill from her lips. I don't deserve them. Her warm memories. I'd like to paint them over the bare plaster w...”

“Zombies can't believe the energy we waste on nonfood pursuits.”