Drip, drip, the rain comes falling, Rain in the woods, rain on the sea; Even the little waves, beaten, come crawling As if to find shelter here with me.

I never plan my novels because if I know what is going to happen, it bores me rigid. I let the story tell itself.

For me, a good friend is someone you might only see once or twice a year but each time it feels as though you've just seen them last week.

To be haunted is to glimpse a truth that might best be hidden.

Never underestimate the hypocrisy of politicians.

I hate violence, and I didn't plan to write horror; it just poured out of me.

I grew up in the East End of London, the youngest of three boys in a Catholic household. Both my parents were market traders and worked seven days a week.

I'm not into high literature, but I think all my books are literate.

I've actually seen a ghost, so I know they're really around.

I'm very cagey about making friends, and I rarely do.

I'm terrible in the mornings, but I'm always at my desk by 10 A.M.

Make a good gallery! Your names and your photos give you a unique identity. Make and maintain a good name in the hearts of people. Paint good photos in their minds.

He has the feeling that merely by being alive he is blocking his own way. From this sense of hindrance, in turn, he deduces the proof that he is alive.

Whatever doesn't kill them, makes them make reality TV shows...

I remember a moment when the Prince went back to his old school, Grammar School in Melbourne, and slightly to his horror his old music teacher produced a cello.

Disease is in essence the result of conflict between Soul and Mind, and will never be eradicated except by spiritual and mental effort.

I liked rock music going back to the '60s, but I never ever had any desire to be a rock musician and when I started doing a band it was experimental music.

For me, the term "psychotherapy" is limiting. It implies that we work with mind and emotions, but excludes the body and pays scant attention to the spirit, soul, and broader environmental issues.

Providence protects us in all the details of our lot.

It's the viewer that makes the work.

I think I'm really lucky that the things I'm able to love - people, animals - it's like the more you put yourself into it, the more you get out of it.