She had never had a daydream that dreamed itself, like nightmares. That crawled out of her brain like a creature of the dark. A daymare.

I decided to write short stories because they got rejected quicker.

Breakfast was only worth having when somebody else made it for you.

People think they own time. They have watches and clocks and digital pulses. But they are wrong. Time owns them.

People nearly always believe, and are willing to back it up with weapons and cruelty, that their religion and way of life is better than the other person's

I approach serious subjects, and I like to have the good guys win and have the parents among the good guys

If you write a story based on a real person, you're trapped by the details of the real person and his life. It gets in the way of writing your own story.

I love writing and do not know why it is considered such a difficult, agonizing profession.

My favorite book is always the one I'm working on at the moment

I wrote eight full-length adult novels in my twenties. None of them were published

Actually my first eight books were historical novels, but they were never published

Every day has 1440 minutes. Each minute is an opportunity to be unhappy or to Rejoice, to waste or to Value Life, or to just exist or Make a Difference.

Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

It's east to see without lookin' too far that not much is really sacred.

I love the Discovery Channel. I love all sorts of medical shows. I love a show called Diagnosis: Unknown.

These words are now mine, but soon they’ll be ours.

At the end of the day, capital is a coward. It's going to flee from wherever it perceives risk to be present in the marketplace.

It didn't escape Karou's notice that he found subtle ways of touching her.

Be confident and comfortable with yourself. If you know us, we are definitely not shy, and never try to be anything we are not. No matter what anyone tells you, you are perfect, just the way you are.

I try not to have too many opinions; I just marvel at the world we live in.

I don't think that the real enemy of the music industry is illegal downloading; I think the real enemy of the music industry is radio.