An enigma? That's not a bad persona to have. I should probably shut up and let the mystery continue! It's good for my career.

Real life ... it was an ambiguous world, where actions sometimes had no meaning, where chaos reigned and no one was allowed to see the big picture, only their small portion of it.

Life is short. Eternity is long.

There were shadows galore in the dim light, but there was one shadow that did not correspond to any object in the room. It lurked next to the fireplace, a formless, undulating darkness.

Murder is an inherently evil act, no matter what the circumstances, no matter how convincing the rationalizations.

Hope was a dangerous emotion that more often than not led men into foolishness and peril, made them risk their lives and lose their wives and part with fortunes that they never recovered.

Names have power. In certain cultures, just speaking a man's name gives you mastery over him.

I always thought the appeal for vampires are the same as religion, the desire to avoid death and live forever.

Horror writers can write about everything in the real world that a mainstream novelist can--plus the supernatural, which is the most fertile field for metaphor imaginable.

In real life, good people die all the time and a**holes can live long and happy lives. It's a crapshoot.

Real life was messier than fiction, and in it you didn't always have time to do or say the right things.

How can the face that welcomed me into the world be the face I'll soon forget? How can the body I came through be the body I don't really know?

I write the words God put on my mind.

The vastness of possibilities in space reminded me that while my life felt important, it was tiny in the scheme of things. Human civilization was only a blink on the radar of time.

At the end of a marriage, no one wins. There is only anger, sorrow, guilt, emptiness, and defeat.

It's all about the money.

I will never, ever apologize for protecting the safety and security of the American people.

I feel that I want to focus on jobs, I want to focus on healthcare, I want to focus on the border and immigration and doing a really great immigration bill.

Any man would be forsworn to gain a kingdom.

Grant us brotherhood, not only for this day but for all our years - a brotherhood not of words but of acts and deeds.

Wars cannot be won by destroying women and children