Not dating is a choice, not a failure.

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.

I've introduced myself with comedy, and once you've introduced yourself as something, that's where people keep you. That's where people like to hold you.

By Chivalries as tiny, A Blossom, or a Book, The seeds of smiles are planted- Which Blossom in the dark.

The Arts are man's most useless ... and essential ... activity.

Great God, grant that twice two be not four.

In crude Marxist terms, liberals have a theory of infallible government that is constantly at war with the reality of life.

Don't shoot til the subject hits you in the pit of your stomach.

I still have things to learn, especially on defense.

There's a sea secret in me / it's plain to see it is rising / but I must be flowing liquid diamonds / calling for my soul / at the corners of the world

After my career is over, I want to have a dirt bike track at my house and ride.

There’s nothing under the ground that’s worth more than the little layer of topsoil sitting on top of it.