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

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.

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

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.

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.

Wisdom defines the limits of one's knowledge and responsibility pushes one beyond those limits

There is an incredible beauty in your touch, it can heal the gravest wounds. And in your smile, that can easily mend any broken heart.

Why travel? To be changed, and to be changed again and again.

I can tell you character traits I admire and work to develop in myself - perseverance, self-discipline, courage to stand up for what is right even when it is against one's friends or one's self.

My dad was the town drunk. Most of the time that's not so bad but New York City?

I don't really do very well when I'm sent somewhere. A lot of magazines want to send you somewhere to do something. They want you to stow away on a ship, or something like that.

I think in Vice and American Me I played very silent, rigid characters and people remember them

Then on the other piece of paper, list all the people you know who are taking more than they're adding. Include people from the past.

I've always had access to other worlds. We all do because we dream.

My reality is the misconceptions about me.