" DESIRING TO MEET TRAINS PERHAPS, BUT TO MEET NO TRAINS THAT STOP, FOR IN THE ANGELS MIND THERE ARE NO TRAINS THAT STOP, AND FROM SUCH TRAINS NO ONE DESCENDS, NOT EVEN ANOTHER ANGEL..."
" I WAS DRAWN TO ALL THE WRONG THINGS : I LIKED TO DRINK, I WAS LAZY, I DIDN'T HAVE A GOD, POLITICS, IDEAS, IDEALS. I WAS SETTLED INTO NOTHINGNESS; A KIND OF NON-BEING, AND I ACCECEPTED IT. IT DIDN'T MAKE FOR AN INTERESTING PERSON. I DIDN'T WANT TO BE INTERESTING, IT WAS TOO HARD. WHAT I REALLY WANTED WAS ONLY A SOFT, HAZY SPACE TO LIVE IN, AND TO BE LEFT ALONE. ON THE OTHER HAND, WHEN I GOT DRUNK I SCREAMED, WENT CRAZY, GOT ALL OUT OF HAND. ONE KIND OF BEHAVIOR DIDN'T FIT THE OTHER. I DIDN'T CARE."
" AS A TRAFFICKER IN CLIMAXES AND THRILLS AND CHARACTERIZATION AND WONDERFUL DIALOGUE AND SUPENSE AND CONFRONTATIONS, I HAD OUTLINED THE DRESDEN STORY MANY TIMES. THE BEST OUTLINE I EVER MADE, OR ANYWAY THE PRETTIEST ONE, WAS ON THE BACK OF A ROLL OF WALLPAPER. I USED MY DAUGHTER'S CRAYONS, A DIFFERENT COLOR FOR EACH MAIN CHARACTER."