A literary critic is someone who can't write, but who loves to show he would have been a wonderful writer if only he could!

Now, when I was in the Army, writing was my hobby.

But I've found that to talk too much about movies is the kiss of death. If it happens then it happens, is all.

German readers are much like Brits or Americans: They read for the thrill of it, the occasional shudder down the spine, knowing it's not real - but looking over their shoulders anyway, just in case.

But other vampire stories? Well, no, I really haven't read too many, and I can't say I'm crazy about romantic vampires anyway - to me the vampire is simply an evil monster.

The Army was my bread and butter.

And I have to consider myself fortunate, because there are plenty of writers who spend most of a lifetime looking for that certain something without ever finding it.

I have friends who read my books in Greek.

Writers are in the entertainment business, and it gives me lots of pleasure to entertain my readers.

We've got one life and the older we get the more we come to realize how short it is.

There are lots of other things that I haven't done, places I haven't seen. So eventually I'll have to find time for those things while there still is time.

There is no point reminding you the memories you don't remember.

2 Timothy 3:16 ALL Scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness.

The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves and this of course is to be effected by stratagem.

'Make your plate look like a Christmas tree, ' I tell people, 'mostly green with splashes of other bright colors.'

I don't listen to a lot of radio today. It's not really music to me.

Dancing is why I love music as much as I do and vice-versa, and there aren’t many things better than those two combined.

I've been the queen of dysfunction and made every mistake one can make.

The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.

I seem to produce a novel approximately once every three years.

The way you see things - your attitude - is the most important factor in your success.