The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.
We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.
When asked, "How do you write?" I invariably answer, "one word at a time."
Each life makes its own immitation of immortality.
When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, "There's just something about you that pisses me off."
You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.
People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have the heart of a small boy... and I keep it in a jar on my desk.