If your life works, and you work in it, then it’s okay, whatever is happening is okay.

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.

Growing up is the greatest adventure of all.

He who fears being watched from the abysswill be unable to look into it himself.The truth can only be obtained by pressing forward.

After all these years, his best friend is malaria.Even on the brink of an Alaska summer, it comes calling: a bone-deep chill one night, a ministry of sweat the next. Calling him back to old battles.

Paintings are memories. Memories of the painter who painted them. Memories that can be shared as well. Paintings are things to remember things by.

The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.

Maybe I'm damned if I do, but with every other beat I got left in my heart, you know I'd rather be damned with you.

The object of most prayers is to wangle an advance on good intentions.

One day each of us will run out of tomorrows. Let us not put off what is important.

With my horror movies or with this movie [Valley of Violence], same thing. The subtext of this movie is what to take away from it. Plot is never something that's been my driving force as a filmmaker.

Whether you fall means nothing at all It's whether you GET UP It's whether you GET UP!