If it can bleed$$$ we can kill it.

All paths lead to death. This$$$ the Worm merely hastens.

But my arts are also pure$$$ as a circle is pure$$$ and in a flawed world purity cannot endure.

If justice cannot be made to operate under the worst possible conditions of social hysteria$$$ what does it matter how it operates at other times?

The three most important documents a free society gives are a birth certificate$$$ a passport$$$ and a library card.

If guns cause crime$$$ all of mine are defective.

Once she was born$$$ I was never not afraid.

Medicine$$$ I have reason since to notice more than once$$$ remains an imperfect art.

Details are our business as writers. Your heart leaps when you see a detail that can go somewhere.

I went because I was interested in the alchemy of issues.