“It makes good times even better when you know they are going to end. Like grilled vegetables are better because some of them are partly soot.”
“They like life alright, but that they would like it even better if they could know that it was going to end sometime.”
“The hardest part of writing a story is making bad things happen to good people. The hardest part of writing horror is knowing that it won't really get better for them.”
“People try to make sense of things, and if they don’t know the answers, they make them up, because for some, a wrong answer is better than none.”
“…it seemed appropriate that I should develop some kind of illness. This is a good idea when you are at a loose end because everything, up to and including herpes, is better than being bored.”
“Because…sometimes I think you meet people and they make you better, even if you’re not with them forever.”