Vampires aren’t noble?” “No. We serve or we prey.” “Like monks?” He frowned, confused, and then gave a soft chuckle. “Prey, as in hunt. No God would hear our prayers.

There are worse things than death.

One night. May the best witch win.

Apparently, she was going to visit an evil witch with a scary poet vampire.

He kissed it better, ” she told them.

When you find that a theology has nothing more to offer than what the world already offers, then that theology as a theology is impractical, and therefore, useless.

To attain power, one must first obtain riches, for almost everything of the world revolves about it.

From my writer's workshop, "Know when it's time to put everything you've got on the page. Then, rip open a vein and do it!

When your boss and colleagues care enough to invest in your health, it is good for you and the business.

I like a strange, wide range of stuff. I like classical music and industrial noise bands. John Waters films and Peanuts cartoons. Barry Manilow and GG Allin. I should have my head examined.

Army life don't agree with me.

Good families always ritualize the table. You can say, "This is a Christmas meal; this is a birthday meal."

Spend as much time as you can with your mouth shut and your eyes and ears open.

I've noticed that even people who believe in fate look both ways before crossing the street.

[Languages] became a tool that served me my whole life.