"Do you spend a couple of hours every day in your studio?"

“That's gossip. Journalism was invented as an antidote to gossip.”

“So yes, this is a show about an adolescent girl, her friends, and various vampires. Vampires writing in diaries, vampires attending high school, vampires investigating various mysterious supernatural events, vampires tormenting each other, vampires eavesdropping on each other, and vampires being sarcastic about other vampires' hairstyles. Vampires embracing every possible opportunity to take off their shirts.”

“If you can capture the element of surprise, you're way ahead of the game.”

“I really believe that you grow up a certain way in New York. There's a New York morality, a sense of loyalty. You know how to win and lose. There's a thousand kids outside, you know who to push and who not to push. There's a sixth sense you develop just because it's New York.”

“There were happy days, with watermelon, and sad days of whiskey.”

Source : Lewis Nordan (1992). “Music of the Swamp”, p.59, Algonquin Books

“Bliss begins with the breath. We breathe in, and accept all that is new. We breathe out, and release all that has passed.”

“Courage and conviction are powerful weapons against an enemy who depends only on fists or guns. Animals know when you are afraid; a coward knows when you are not.”

“Tell me anyway--Maybe I can find the truth by comparing the lies.”