Post-apocalyptic novels tell you that in the future there is some great war. I would tell you that most cops say that it's going on right now.

I loved ghost stories, creaky staircases, stormy nights. If it guaranteed nightmares I read it by flashlight, after midnight.

You try as a parent. You love beyond reason. You fight beyond endurance. You hope beyond despair. You never think, until the very last moment, that it still might not be enough.

If you choose to do something, do it with your utmost. And remember, expect nothing and life will be velvet.

The only time you're calm, you're centered, you're at peace, is when someone's trying to kill you. And that's just plain twisted.

I think one of the appeals of suspense is to safely explore our innermost fears.

Life may not be perfect, at least it offered moments that were perfect enough.

Before I became a suspense novelist, I wrote romantic suspense as Alicia Scott.

It wasn’t that strangers couldn’t hurt you. It was simply that the people you loved could do it so much better.

Women cry. Men laugh. Whiners moan. Men laugh. Wimps complain. Men laugh.

Youth is no excuse for sloppiness.

Last words of wisdom. Whoever you were as a child, she's your future.

Next in Iran, Hillary Clinton launched the negotiations that brought about the worst nuclear deal in history.

Being REAL means showing people who you are underneath all the TV make up too.

Look, I don't even agree with myself at times.

Fear comes with middle age.

Man alone is made in the image of God.

The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top.

Allow failure to teach you A supreme lesson: Each sunset is the beginning Of a very, very bright And powerful sunrise.

And even though i act crazy I gotta thank the lord that you made meh.

No - I'm quite calm inside during the game for most of the time - not 100%, but generally very calm.