“I was pretending to be a monster, and I became a monster.”
“There are actual monsters in the world, but when my kids ask I pretend like there aren’t.”
“A monster is a person who has stopped pretending.”
“Well, the first thing is that I love monsters, I identify with monsters.”
“Sometimes the monsters are not monsters, she says. I know. I nod. And sometimes the monsters are within us all, even in those we think are most good.”
“Monsters were wild. Monsters were strong. Monsters were fierce and free.If I was monstrous...perhaps it wasn't such a bad thing.”