I've been writing stories since I was 12. 'Writer's Digest' was one of my writing teachers, actually.

There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.

I love animals, always have, and it seemed natural to help the ASPCA. Animals have no voice of their own, so we have to be that voice

I am not a morning person.

I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will.

Remember your personal demons should be afraid of you, because you are their home, their food, and as you heal, their executioner.

You'd think a sociopath assassin wouldn't have a fan following but he does

Zebrowski says that if you killed someone else just hide the body, he's not starting over on the paperwork.

Never trust people who smile constantly. They're either selling something or not very bright.

My writing style is very sensual, as in sensory detail

The best lies are always at least partially true.

Where does love reveal itself? In beds, sofas, bathtubs – each section of a department store has its advantages.

My agent, Didier Fernandez - who's been my agent since I was 18 - has definitely been a mentor and a protector and a trusted friend.

To find one's calling is perhaps not the easiest thing in the world, but probably the most important.

Let go of who you think you're supposed to be and embrace who you are.

I am a kid from the '70s, when video games first started coming out, so I definitely have to say I am a video game junkie to this day.

I believe in plenty of optimism and white paint.

The period of meditation is a time when we go back to the source. We go back to what we were before we were born.

I think the American government is now the most corrupt government in the world.

I scared Stephen King.

I don't believe there is such thing as a just or unjust war; there are avoidable and unavoidable wars. Sometimes you have no choice but to go to war.