A woman will forget that a man is male, if they are good enough friends, but men rarely forget that a woman is feminine.

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.

Just identify the very first physical action you need to take, and do it.

Meditation nourishes the mind.

The silences weren’t awkward. For me at least. Because I was there in the moment with him.

Fiction challenges us and works its miracles by placing us in the skin of another human being and teaching us empathy.

I would suggest that today, we know about as much concerning the human mind as we knew about the galaxy in 1300.

I wanted to be a doctor in sports medicine; I was into sailing and all that sort of thing.

To appreciate nonsense you must first acquire wisdom, then compromise the two; only then will the fool understand you, and believe himself to be wise.

Passion often renders the most clever man a fool, and sometimes renders the most foolish man clever.

When we make a pledge, we mean it. We keep our word, and what we begin, we will finish.

Gratitude: An imaginary emotion that rewards an imaginary behavior, altruism. Both imaginaries are false faces for selfishness, which is a real and honest emotion.