I'm terrible in the mornings, but I'm always at my desk by 10 A.M.

I never plan my novels because if I know what is going to happen, it bores me rigid. I let the story tell itself.

For me, a good friend is someone you might only see once or twice a year but each time it feels as though you've just seen them last week.

Drip, drip, the rain comes falling, Rain in the woods, rain on the sea; Even the little waves, beaten, come crawling As if to find shelter here with me.

To be haunted is to glimpse a truth that might best be hidden.

Never underestimate the hypocrisy of politicians.

I hate violence, and I didn't plan to write horror; it just poured out of me.

I grew up in the East End of London, the youngest of three boys in a Catholic household. Both my parents were market traders and worked seven days a week.

I'm not into high literature, but I think all my books are literate.

I've actually seen a ghost, so I know they're really around.

I'm very cagey about making friends, and I rarely do.

Just as a well-filled day brings blessed sleep, so a well-employed life brings a blessed death

The time I spent thinking about how I was better than somebody else or worrying about somebody else's attitude was time I could put to better use.

We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.

If you wouldn't live long, live well; for folly and wickedness shorten life.

Lighting is everything in a color.

Betrayal betrays the betrayer.

I try not to dwell on the past. I'm not a big go-back-and-try-to-relive-your-past kinda person.

Can't tell if I've got rivers or veins running under my skin, flowing out over the plains.

Everybody lies...every day, every hour, awake, asleep, in his dreams, in his joy, in his mourning. If he keeps his tongue still his hands, his feet, his eyes, his attitude will convey deception.

[Our] plan is to follow the example of the prophets and the ancient fathers of the church, and to compose psalms...so that the Word of God may be among the people also in the form of music.