one of the good things about being a woman is that my level of testosterone poisoning is lower than most men's.

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.

Compromise is a word found only in the vocabulary of those who have no will to fight.

Nobody and nothing beats The Simpsons. Even after all this time, it's still the best satire since Monty Python.

Maybe crazy is just the word we use for feelings that will not be contained.

Nothing is lost, nothing is created all is transformed. Nothing is the prey of death. All is the prey of life.

Whoever, to whatever purpose or extent, initiates the use of force, is a killer acting on the premise of death in a manner wider than murder: the premise of destroying man's capacity to live.

Three men riding on a bicycle which has only one wheel, I guess that's surrealism.

Political stuff is all about his [Hunter S. Thompson] reaction to a situation. And my stuff is much more externally driven.

That portion of reality that can be composed within a frame can be understood.

France is great because she is France.

Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death be like autumn leaves. Rabindranath Tagore What a simple thing death is, just as simple as the falling of an autumn leaf.