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.

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!

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.

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.

Ritsu... Do you like Oda?" More than me?"Yes.

I shall ever try to drive all evils away from my heart and keep my love in flower, knowing that thou hast thy seat in the inmost shrine of my heart.

Powerful words always travel the whole world!

He's not learning. He's not experiencing. He's remembering.He walks to the next screen, hungry to be himself again.

If a story is w/out flaws or doubts, it is flattery or even brainwashing. You should read it as if drinking a glass of water. But be prepared - you would not remember its taste.

Where there is a brave man in the thickest of the fight there is the post of honor.

I love listening to other musicians and seeing what they do to gain their distinctive respective sounds and edge.

Architecture and architectural freedom are above all a social issue that must be seen from inside a political structure, not from outside it.

Satellite broadcasting makes it possible for information-hungry residents of many closed societies to bypass state-controlled television channels.

When comparing works of art, it is important that the art itself, and not the artists, be considered.