It definitely sharpened my interest in language, the way people used language, slang words, speech patterns. There's a big advantage to being the outsider.

I've found that there are only two kinds that are any good: slang that has established itself in the language, and slang that you make up yourself. Everything else is apt to be passé before it gets into print.

The thing he said aloud did not succeed.

I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy'. I think 'swell' is lousy, but 'lousy' is swell.

The way things have changed. The pictures in the womb they have now. They're just amazing. They're just like a snapshot of a person.

There's a whole vampire community online - those are some crazy people.