A zombie amusement park sounds like fun, but the health code violations alone are enough to turn your stomach.

Bullying is not okay. Period.

Like any child raised on tales of magical worlds beyond paintings and mirrors and wardrobes, I had yearned to enter Middle Earth, to reach through.

Every libromancer had a first book. Etched more sharply into my memory than my first kiss, this book had been my magical awakening.

If we ruled the world, I guarantee you they never would have cancelled Firefly

Freedom of religion does not give you the right to physically or verbally assault people.

...bookstores, libraries... they're the closest thing I have to a church.

If I'm making myself laugh, I figure most of my readers will be amused as well.

Any factual errors that remain are entirely the fault of Bob, who snuck into the offices at DAW to try to sabotage my book. I hate that guy.

I read more books for research purposes, whether its a fictionalized biography of Johannes Gutenberg or a stack of urban fantasies.

I have a day job, which means my family isnt dependent on the writing income. So if I have an idea I like, I write it.

There is still some art in pop music. But it can't happen if you're not inspired.

I want my chirfugging goose back!

In college, I had a big fixation with Southern Gothic literature. Flannery O'Connor, I read every word she's ever written.

Success means different things in different parts of my life, but overall if I have to define ultimately what success means - the bottom line - then for me it's if the family is healthy and happy.

Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.

Why go to a machine when you could go to a human being?

I was a kid who was really unhappy with being bussed. I was one of the angry people in the halls.

Writers have been in terrible situations and have yet managed to produce extraordinary work.

If only you start eating healthy food, you will be pleasantly surprised how easy it is to lose weight.