“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.”

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

“Is there magic in this world? Certainly! But it is not the kind of magic written about in fantasy stories. It is the kind of magic that comes from ideas and the hard work it often takes to make the...”

“We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.”

“A culture of unaccountability is a culture without incentive, and a culture without incentive is the death of critical and creative thinking.”