I don't think necessity is the mother of invention — invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.
I love fantasy. I love horror. I love musicals. Whatever doesn't really happen in life is what I'm interested in. As a way of commenting on everything that does happen in life, because ultimately the only thing I'm really interested in is people.
The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and he does it without destroying something else.
Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
The best time to live-up to a great expectation be only when everyone says give-up.
I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.
My delight in writing poetry is taking words out and throwing them away.