I just hated the law. I wasnt cut out for it. I couldnt imagine spending my life doing that, so I quit before I began.

Horror, for me, is not defined by the thing that provokes ones fear, but the human being who has contact with it.

To make the reader afraid, I had to be afraid.

Theres something in human nature that says we need to have at least one symbolic place where chaos and dark desires can live.

We need to kind of refresh our fear in order to refresh our understanding of how a safe place works.

Sometimes people close a door because they’re trying to figure out a way to get you to knock.

I enjoy a special collegiality among other writers in the thriller community. They call me Canadas scariest writer, and I love that.

If the hairs on my neck stand up while Im writing, I figure the reader will get the same kind of shock.

Monsters just outside our peripheral vision are scarier to contemplate than monsters miles away or in someplace only a fool would set foot in.

Psychological horror is more interesting to me than the explicitly physical.

Tell me this. What is it with men and feeling like they have to act like self-destructive superheroes whenever trouble shows up?”“It’s the only way we know how to love.

We're all destined for greater things in life. How you execute your plans to achieve that greatness lies solely in your hands.

If you want to leave your footprints in the sands of time you'll need some roughness and some dirt.

Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.

I would love to be a guest on a talk show or a panel that shows women who have been on reality shows who've had success, to prove to audiences that you don't have to be a fool to become successful.

I know what my job is: I write the songs, I sing them, I play them on the piano

Our Nation's founding commitment is still our deepest commitment: In our world, and here at home, we will extend the frontiers of freedom.

Love is the root of all joy and sorrow.

A New York friend said that visiting the South reminded her of nothing more than being in high school again.

I'm not the type of person to act one way in front of the camera and another when it's off. What you see is what you get.

If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.