Is it wrong to kill something that wants to kill you?

A good novel doesn't just transcend the boundaries of its target market - it knows nothing about target markets.

Sometimes the only way to fix a mistake- is to make it twice.

Love is a luxury. It's something that people are allowed to indulge in when they're not simply trying to survive and keep other people alive.

If you look at the world one way, it takes from you - it's a thief of time, energy, creative mojo. But if you look at the world another way, it gives you an endless supply of motivation.

Omission is a sin only if, in the process of deceiving, you forget the truth. Lying is a sin only if, in the process, the lie becomes the only truth.

The intricacy of plotting a thriller is akin to writing formal poetry.

Red Sox fans have been pushed to the brink over the years, but that's how faith grows stronger.

I prefer a cluttered workspace.

I want women writers to write boldly, wildly, deeply. I want them to feel really liberated to tell the brutal truth, however they see that truth and are moved to tell it.

The poem has to bear the weight with image, language... the screenplay with dialogue, plot.

History is a race between education and catastrophe.

Why haven't you achieved your goals yet? What are your favorite excuses, and how do they hold you back?

My first car was a 1977 Oldsmobile Delta 88. Ugly car. More ugly on this car than a Rolling Stones group photo.

Warm-heartedne ss and concern for others’ well-being are a condition for happiness, whether you are religious or not.

... it does not do to tell great people anything unpleasant.

Love changes us, but we change how we love too.

Love descends upon our souls by the will of God and not by the demand or the plea of the individual.

I was loud and electric at night, got all shook up with Elvis.

A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.

He felt that he had to find Salander and hold her close. She would probably bite him if he tried.