Sometimes the very best way to deal with unpleasant things is to depict them in ways that allow people to laugh at them and destroy the power of unsayable things, rather than refusing to acknowledge them.
From Chuck Palahniuk
If there had been zombies on the iceberg when the Titanic hit it, that would have made a much better movie.
I think my heart always goes out to men at the peak of their celebrity who checked out. There's such an odd, horrible trend in my lifetime for it - Kurt Cobain, David Foster Wallace, Alexander McQueen, Heath Ledger.
My parents divorced about the same time the movie 'The Parent Trap' came out, about two twins at camp who scheme to get their parents back together. I had that same fantasy.
I usually write in my kitchen, which is a large, octagonal room that looks into woods - three big windows look out into the trees.
My favorite books to give or get are short story collections. And always paperbacks because they are easy to carry as you travel.
My only writing ritual is to shave my head bald between writing the first and second drafts of a book. If I can throw away all my hair, then I have the freedom to trash any part of the book on the next rewrite.
There are people out there who will not read books, but somehow they'll read my books.
I'm only confrontational with my friends.
I don't know if you ever really feel like you've made it.
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