Don't forget where you came from and treat people a certain way.

I'm always going to be looking for something artistically or whatever. I think that's part of being driven, but that doesn't necessarily mean I'm unhappy.

I stumble all the time parenting my daughter. I ask her for forgiveness all the time and I preach forgiveness to her.

I have the greatest fans. I have fans that come from soap opera world, I have fans that come from superhero world, which are a whole different section of fans. They're so cool.

I'm still waiting for somebody to wake me up.

I don't have a gardener because I enjoy pulling weeds. It's hard to explain but there is something fulfilling about pulling out a weed and knowing that you got all the roots.

I would tell myself the same thing that I continue to tell myself today, which is don't sweat the small things.

I love acting, and so whenever I get the opportunity to act, I'm happy. I'm easy to please when it comes to that kind of stuff. I don't know what I'd do without it.

I have no problem at all taking my shirt off to tell a story.

We all get pigeon-holed or put in a box, no matter what that might be.

Sometimes we'll only see each other in passing, like ships passing in the night.

A horror writer is one who is not only willing to look into the darkest of shadows...but to reach into them too.

You do not have to provoke other people for them to provoke you, those who hate you will always get a way of blaming you.

There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften.

I do work too hard sometimes, but my mom is such an inspiration. She tells me to 'chill out' and not take things so seriously. She will say: 'Go and have a massage.'

God acts in history: that is, God provides ideas, methods, and experiences intended to bring comprehension to man, an understanding heart, a conscious life.

If this work seems so threatening, this is because it isn't simply eccentric or strange, but competent, rigorously argued, and carrying conviction.

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

Dad made it to Gold Shield Detective, so he always busted Robin, my oldest brother, and me. Always got caught, whatever we were doing.

If you're good, you fail seventy percent of the time. You have to be mentally capable of blocking that out and keep going.