The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

The green began to seethe.

Now that you know the wishing ways, you'll feel the wishes around you. They'll make you itchy, 'cause you know you can do something about them, but that ain't always the best idea.

The terror takes you. The cage is locked and the curtain drawn. Fingers dance along as blades, carving memories into your flesh that will leave scars long past being healed.

There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words.

I just think old old movies, they make you concentrate and pay attention so much more. They feel so warm. A lot of modern digital videotape, it's just too bright. Don't know why, it's not warm.

Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor.

Research is always a very necessary part of my process because all of my books to this point have been historical. Time spent in the library adds to one's wealth as a writer or artist.

Every summer, around late July and into August, I find myself in Europe, performing at any festival that will have me.

Television reflects our society in a more accurate way than at any time in the past.

I really think that if you live for today, tomorrow takes care of itself.