Most of the things that I remember from childhood wouldn't make a particularly good story: rescuing worms during rainstorms, our schnauzer attacking ….

Look. All books are weird when you think about it.... It goes without saying that real life is also weird..

Becka might have been average in L.A., but average in L.A. is Queen of Mars in the visiting room of a federal penitentiary in North Carolina..

I'd be flattered if someone said that my work is "too weird" for them. I value the uncompliment..

Nobody tells her to shut up. It would be pointless. Amy has a large heart and an even larger mouth. When it rains, Amy rescues worms off the sidewalk….

What I like about narrative in general is when there is some incongruity between the form and content. Let's say, mixing up the gothic with a coming-….

There are stories about winter ghosts found tangled like lice in their lovers' hair. Dead people have no hair themselves, which is how they can be re….

A vampire is a flexible metaphor. You know, death, sex, change, stagnation, loss of self, loss of agency, having to keep one's real self secret, the ….

No wizard has ever made himself useful by magic, or, if they've tried, they've only made matters worse. No wizard ever stopped a war or mended a fenc….

Becka was almost good looking enough to be on a reality dating show, but not funny looking or sad enough to be on one of the makeover shows..

Life is a series of sudden disappearances, leave-takings without the proper goodbyes..

You should never poison a witch..

I think that we want to be led slightly astray when we're being told a story. Just a little wrong footed..

Remember, when you don’t know what to do, it never hurts to play Scrabble. It’s like reading the I Ching or tea leaves..

It's very unlikely that a writer is going to make a living by writing. So then the question is: how do you balance work, life, and writing? If you fi….

Everyone has a bizarre childhood and unusual life experiences, whether they know it or not. There's no such thing as a normal childhood. What's usefu….

A monster. You and your friends, all of you. Pretty monsters. It's a stage all girls go through. If you're lucky you get through it without doing any….

Sometimes it is safer to read maps with your feet..

Everyone knows that wizards are pigheaded and come to bad ends..

You get a lot of narrative energy from people who make really big mistakes, who act against their best interests, who do things that turn out to have….

I don't think I'm cut out for a job where you have to look professionally tidy. I prefer working in my pajamas and taking showers after lunch..