I'm a serial deconstructor of my own authority in certain areas.

I try not to become too regular an addict of any one subculture.

I never take any notes or draw charts or make elaborate diagrams, but I hold an image of the shape of a book in my head and work from that mental hologram.

I've never related to the work geek at all-it sounds much more horrible than nerd. Like a freak biting a chicken's head off in a sideshow.

I learned to write fiction the way I learned to read fiction - by skipping the parts that bored me.

Someday I would change my name to Shut Up and save everybody a lot of time.

I work on a laptop specifically so I can work in cafes and pretend I'm part of the human world.

What age is a black boy when he learns he's scary?

It was only as I wrote about fear that I began to find paths of access to feelings that were intolerable to me then.

I want what we all want," said Carl. "To move certain parts of the interior of myself into the exterior world, to see if they can be embraced.

I can't bear the silent ringing in my skull.

I think what's important is to give space to the range of human experience.

I'm Scottish first, and it's odd to hear that I'm a Scottish-American.

I have yet to figure out whether it is I am that am crazy, or the world.

A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.

I have an IQ of about 160, I taught science for about fifteen years.

When I see my children, and when I see the people who value me, I know how lucky I am.

Thank you all from the pit of my burning, nauseous stomach for your letters and concern during the past years.

Every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own.

When I retire I'm going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those boxes. There are things in there that ought to be burned.

The art of moving forward lies in understanding what to leave behind.