Because everything worth having hurts.

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.

No one will dare maintain that it is better to do injustice than to bear it.

I write for what's left of the eight-year-old still rattling around inside my head

The Constitution is a delusion and a snare if the weakest and humblest man in the land cannot be defended in his right to speak and his right to think as much as the strongest in the land.

Working under the Soviet system made you very paranoid - people were afraid of everything - and this paranoia is still in people's minds.

The importance of prayer rises in proportion to the importance of the things we should give up in order to pray

If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.

I was on the playground all night. I ain't never go to parties or nothing. I'd get out of school at 3 and be out there playing until one in the morning with one streetlight. For real.

The glow of inspiration warms us; it is a holy rapture.

If you want to be miserable, think of yourself. If you want to be happy, think of others.

The brilliant explosion known as Benny Goodman went off in 1935, and it hasn´t gone out yet.