“Nobody ever thinks of himself as a villain, does he? Even monsters hold high opinions of themselves.”

“Lonely women destroy themselves lonely men threaten the world. ”

“One of the reasons I love devils so much is not based in my faith, but because as a kid, I grew up loving heavy metal and horror movies, and the devil is such a huge presence in both.”

“Lonely women destroy themselves lonely men threaten the world.”

“'The Sundial' is written with the kind of humor that would make a guillotine laugh.”

“The person you are (in total, at that moment in time) is what creates the story you're writing. It's infused in every piece of punctuation, in the plot, in the most minor character who crosses the page. It's all your voice.”

“Taken together the Internet reads like the grandest character-driven novel humanity has ever known. Not much plot though.”

“Writing to corroborate what you already think is the essence of bad writing.”

“I’m always looking for the monster. Not even just in horror. I want them in everything. Just give me the monsters. Logical conclusions don’t satisfy. Monsters satisfy, absolutely.”

“If you haven't caused a scene in a psych unit, it's just because you haven't been inside long enough.”

“Doubt is the big machine. It grinds up the delusions of women and men.”