I used to hang out with a bunch of old punk rockers when I was a little kid.

Do not have regrets. Guilt is a wasted emotion.

I've always said it's interesting to watch devils cry when angels want to stab you in the back. I like that mixture.

I like people who push the envelope.

I'm certainly honest - and I can be socially awkward.

Oh I love horror movies, yeah. I think my favorite movie growing up was 'The Omen.' I actually wanted to be that little kid.

You can't not look cool with a crossbow.

It's really easy to take something small and make it big in your head and fight against it.

I’m a quiet person. I spend time observing, not speaking.

Getting old and dying alone is my worst fear.

The dogs with the loudest bark are the ones that are most afraid.

When searching for justice, what you sometimes find is just more trouble.

Old age is just a record of one's whole life.

[S]he believed that the Buddhists were right–that if you want, you will suffer; if you love, you will grieve. (68)

Grief's darkness fades in the sunlight of thanksgiving.

Family and friends and Rene and the pregnancy fulfilled me with so much love.

I am not influenced by other human beings. But I am inspired.

I have so many runner-up cups that I am thinking of starting my own tea shop.

I loved and still love watching words flower into sentences and sentences blossom into stories.

I am working out the vocabulary of my silence.

What a great thing! To be a writer! Words are something you can carry in your head. You can really 'travel light.'