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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

The best way to be unique and set ourselves apart from Society is to create. Use your imagination and apply action towards it.

She ran out of her marriage the way a woman can run out of a pair of sandals when she decides to let go and really dash.

The closer one gets to the speed of light, the slower time travels. The exact thing is true when completing a book.

Listen to God's speech in his wondrous, terrible, gentle, loving, all-embracing silence.

One of the best days of your life can be when you finally say, 'I've had it!' then stand up and fight.

There are subtle ways and overt ways of alienating a child from a parent, but either way it's evil

At first people thought I was really arrogant and a snob about music because I'm so intense about my production and sound, and because they knew I didn't like new music so much.

Until you can let go of everything, you will find it hard to hold onto anything.

I work on instinct. It's my best adviser.

For anyone who is not white in America, the affronts are virtually across the board.