Truth could be violent, could strip you of dignity and hope just as quickly as a gun.

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.

God is more than able to guide you in the right path. Keep trusting Him.

Why do you put yourself in unsafe places? Because something in you feels fundamentally devoid of worth.

to that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent.

The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation form their purposes.

How do you discover a need that nobody yet knows about? This is where the product breakthroughs come through.

Bores put you in a mental cemetery while you are still walking.

I'm normally drawn to something I haven't done and seen before.

I was 17 when I left the small Maine town where I'd grown up. I wanted to do something I thought was important with my life, so I headed to California and didn't look back.

I may paint flat, but I don't think flat.

Disfranchisement is the deliberate theft and robbery of the only protection of poor against rich and black against white.