If a fear cannot be articulated$$$ it can't be conquered.

I think the best stories always end up being about the people rather than the event$$$ which is to say character-driven.

You think Okay$$$ I get it$$$ I'm prepared for the worst$$$ but you hold out that small hope$$$ see$$$ and that's what fucks you up. That's what kills you.

Was there ever a trap to match the trap of love?

You couldn't not like someone who liked the guitar.

The most important things to remember about back story are that (a) everyone has a history and (b) most of it isn't very interesting.

Sometimes dead is better.

Control the things you can control$$$ maggot. Let everything else take a flying fuck at you and if you must go down$$$ go down with your guns blazing.

Dolls with no little girls around to mind them were sort of creepy under any conditions.

Words create sentences; sentences create paragraphs; sometimes paragraphs quicken and begin to breathe.