Horror, for me, is not defined by the thing that provokes ones fear, but the human being who has contact with it.

To make the reader afraid, I had to be afraid.

Theres something in human nature that says we need to have at least one symbolic place where chaos and dark desires can live.

We need to kind of refresh our fear in order to refresh our understanding of how a safe place works.

Sometimes people close a door because they’re trying to figure out a way to get you to knock.

I enjoy a special collegiality among other writers in the thriller community. They call me Canadas scariest writer, and I love that.

If the hairs on my neck stand up while Im writing, I figure the reader will get the same kind of shock.

I just hated the law. I wasnt cut out for it. I couldnt imagine spending my life doing that, so I quit before I began.

Monsters just outside our peripheral vision are scarier to contemplate than monsters miles away or in someplace only a fool would set foot in.

Psychological horror is more interesting to me than the explicitly physical.

Tell me this. What is it with men and feeling like they have to act like self-destructive superheroes whenever trouble shows up?”“It’s the only way we know how to love.

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.

It is easier to lie to yourself than hear others tell you that tell you that you are a fool.

Do we follow the road life’s placed before us? Or do we dare step up and forge an exceptional path. A path fraught with struggle and sacrifice, Yet one whose outcome places us in destiny’s arms.

In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial authorities.

At least we're getting the kind of experience we need for the next war.

People go to Disney because they know its brand attributes. We believe we have an opportunity to go with our content directly to consumers.

Moments of unexpected sweetness happen when romance enters, which always happens in songs - if just for a split second.

Expect no trivial truth from me, unless I am on the witness- stand. I will come as near to lying as you can drive a coach and four.

Where health care has failed is in designing a cost containment mechanism that works.

Forgive me for my disrespect, forgive me for my lies.