Murder is an inherently evil act, no matter what the circumstances, no matter how convincing the rationalizations.

Real life ... it was an ambiguous world, where actions sometimes had no meaning, where chaos reigned and no one was allowed to see the big picture, only their small portion of it.

Life is short. Eternity is long.

There were shadows galore in the dim light, but there was one shadow that did not correspond to any object in the room. It lurked next to the fireplace, a formless, undulating darkness.

Hope was a dangerous emotion that more often than not led men into foolishness and peril, made them risk their lives and lose their wives and part with fortunes that they never recovered.

Names have power. In certain cultures, just speaking a man's name gives you mastery over him.

I always thought the appeal for vampires are the same as religion, the desire to avoid death and live forever.

Horror writers can write about everything in the real world that a mainstream novelist can--plus the supernatural, which is the most fertile field for metaphor imaginable.

In real life, good people die all the time and a**holes can live long and happy lives. It's a crapshoot.

Real life was messier than fiction, and in it you didn't always have time to do or say the right things.

I think the internet is a great marketing tool--but marketing is not my job. I'm a writer. My job is to write novels.

Intelligence and effort can be no compensation for ugliness.

When you stick a song on a tape, you set it free.

There are plenty of theories to listen to and follow but truth yearns to be discovered. When you find it, there is no doubt where to go.

When you're old-fashioned like I am, you know marriage is forever. Those vows are a promise.

They say you can't study Kabbalah until you are at least 40 years old. You know why? You have to have experienced at least one generation making the same mistakes as the previous one.

The use of anthropomorphic terminology forces you linguistically to adopt an operational view. And it makes it practically impossible to argue about programs independently of their being executed.

The wordy tale, once told, were hard to tell again.

Victory awaits him who has everything in order - luck, people call it.

The first 12-string guitar I bought was probably around 1957.

Death is not the worst evil, but rather when we wish to die and cannot.