quotes by Tim Dorsey

"Relieve stress through hysterical screaming"
— Tim Dorsey

"I don't suffer from insanity. I can actually say that I enjoy it."
— Tim Dorsey

"The whole family is a bunch of dangerous freaks...Most are ex-cons or junkies or deranged from inbreeding. Five have died violently, three are back in prison, two have gone insane from untreated venereal disease, and one writes book reviews."
— Tim Dorsey (Triggerfish Twist: A Novel)

"Murder is such a charged word. You know how some people fixate and won't let things go? They're called cops. "
— Tim Dorsey (Nuclear Jellyfish: A Novel)

"What do they mean 'serial killers'! said Serge. (person 1), okay. But (person 2) was self-defence and the (person 3)-I mean, that was the World Series! You can call me a murderer, fair is fair, but as soon as you put 'serial' in front of it, everyone automatically thinks your crazy."
— Tim Dorsey (Florida Roadkill: A Novel)

"Serge's attention-deficit disorder was the first of many hyphens. Obsessive-compulsive, manic-depressive, anal-retentive, paranoid-schizophrenic. He was believed to be the only self-inflicted case of shaken-baby syndrome."
— Tim Dorsey