Therapy can get you only so far with exorcising your childhood nightmares; after that it's willpower, and you, and people you can trust to hold your hand along the way.

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.

Consider the Lichen. Lichens are just about the hardiest visible organisms on Earth, but the least ambitious.

No real adventure ever started by waiting patiently by a doorstep.

I wanted to make a classical piece that was actually designed to be a CD, not designed for performance.

This conflict is one thing I've been waiting for. I'm well and strong and young - young enough to go to the front. If I can't be a soldier, I'll help soldiers.

Happy people learn that happiness, like sweat, is a by-product of activity.

These pretzels are making me thirsty!

I write in the most distressingly slow way in terms of punctuation and grammar.

These days there's so much technology and ways you can learn. There are videos and CD roms.

You are a lover of your own experience ... not of me ... you turn to me to feel ur own emotion

He would never abandon her, never leave a gaping hole, and even if he died someday, he was preserved like a lab specimen from all the alcohol he imbibed, so he wouldn't look or act much different.