"The most terrifying thing I can think of is being alone - and I mean utterly alone, like no one else in the world alone - at night. That's the nucleus of the first story in my collection and it's also where the title came from for the book."

"I've had a lot of very positive feedback about those stories, and seem to have struck upon something that most people feel. I can also tap dance, and don't know many other authors who can."

"I believe that, like most writers, my personality comes through in the fiction. So in that respect my writing can't be like any other author's really."

"I can look back at stuff I wrote in my early days and squirm at some of the mistakes I made. But we're all learning every day we never stop. I just hope people keep on liking what I do. That gives me such a kick."

"When I play, I very quickly put myself into a light hypnotic trance and compose while playing, drawing directly from the emotions."

"Well, I started writing songs about three years ago when I learned to play the guitar, but I've been singing since I was eleven."

"Although you should never mention your premise in the dialogue of your play, the audience must know what the message is. And whatever it is, you must prove it."

"Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play."