This was actually taken out of his blog and one of my comments on it, but it may as well have been a phone convo.
By the "someone dies every time" line, I was referencing Vonnegut- I'd just finished doing Slaughterhouse 5 in english class, and everytime someone/thing dies, he says so it goes. And/or the other way around.
Ahh, Sam. I love you.