The most transgressive, the most taboo, the darkest act that could happen is a parent killing their own child.

I grew up reading comic books. Super hero comic books, Archie comic books, horror comic books, you name it.

One of the best things that happened for me as a playwright is becoming a comic-book writer.

I am drawn to Americana, and I am drawn to gothic stories, and I love American gothic stories.

Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness.

What an idiot I'd been. What a spoilt brat. What a bloody fool.

He'd sacrifice even his sanity for her. If it came down to it, he'd let her break his heart.Because he loved her.

Busted. I'm a monster. Jev is my deceptively harmless-and shockingly handsome-alter ego.

In effect we are, bending and breaking the rules of the language. And if someone were to ask why we do it, the answer is simply: for fun

One had better put on gloves before handling the New Testament. The presence of so much filth makes it highly advisable.

Whenever one honestly defies a tradition, one becomes, in reality, the more responsible to it.

I do not understand how on earth you can become a writer without seeing the world.

I know of no redeeming qualities in myself but a sincere love for some things, and when I am reproved I fall back on to this ground.

Hope, purpose and determination are not merely mental states. They have electrochemical connections that affect the immune system.