“When I was twelve, Uncle Randall looked up long enough to see that I w...” — Stephen Graham Jones Quote

“When I was twelve, Uncle Randall looked up long enough to see that I was a reader as well, so he walked me down his hall to a linen-closet door and opened it up onto a wall of paperbacks. There were books behind books, as deep in as I could reach. He told me to take three, and when I was done, bring them back and take three more.”

“Making people laugh is so much more difficult than making them sad. Too much fiction defaults to the somber, the tragic. This is because sad endings are easy in comparison - happy endings aren't at all simple to earn, especially when writing to an audience jaded by them.”

“Preservation Hall is the sound of joy. When they start playing, people start moving.”

“John Mayall doesn't get enough credit. He's not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which is a tragedy.”

“I got Jimmy Hall from Wet Willie and he also plays now with Hank Williams Jr.”