I am a very linear thinker, so I write beginning to end. I write hundreds of pages per book that never make it into print

There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.

I love animals, always have, and it seemed natural to help the ASPCA. Animals have no voice of their own, so we have to be that voice

I am not a morning person.

I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will.

Remember your personal demons should be afraid of you, because you are their home, their food, and as you heal, their executioner.

You'd think a sociopath assassin wouldn't have a fan following but he does

Zebrowski says that if you killed someone else just hide the body, he's not starting over on the paperwork.

Never trust people who smile constantly. They're either selling something or not very bright.

My writing style is very sensual, as in sensory detail

The best lies are always at least partially true.

Every big dream starts small.

Reality is a background so painted over by our own perceptions that every eye sees the world differently.

We are at the dawn of a technological arms race, an arms race between people who are using technology for good and those who are using it for ill.

I am not a bat. ~Rephaim

To put it as simply as possible, I ate a god.

There's 2 things I love in this world: Burritos and Murder

Do you know that my very first experience as a composer was a 'Concerto for Accordion?

If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember.

It's like my father always said to me, he said to me, he said, Roseanna Roseanadana, it's always something. If it isn't one thing--it's another! It's always something.

I'll find you," he says, watching me with the eyes I remember. "I won't let you go again