“Maybe becoming a monster is a sign of strength.”

“After puberty, you look to one sex for more than friendship and to the other for less-than-complete intimacy.”

“Also, serial killers, child killers, theyre hot, theyre the new cool kids, the new vampires, the new zombies, everybodys favourite spook monster.”

“Otherwise the silence in the room was profound, the silence of places Brian had not yet been: gazing at the lifeless body of a beloved, the echo of a lost illusion, the tinnitus of betrayal.”

“Theres nothing that makes an artist more beloved than the audience pitying him because his work comes at a price they would never pay.”

“It was always the most striking scene, the best work, the most disturbing emotion and unsettling idea that attracts criticism.”

“We never see other people anyway, only the monsters we make of them.”

“But these weren't the kind of monsters that had tentacles and rotting skin, the kind a seven-year-old might be able to wrap his mind around--they were monsters with human faces, in crisp uniforms, ...”

“You guys know about vampires? You know, vampires have no reflections in a mirror? Theres this idea that monsters dont have reflections in a mirror. And what Ive always thought isnt that monsters d...”