I glanced out the window at the signs of spring. The sky was almost blue, the trees were almost budding, the sun was almost bright.

Happiness, it has been observed, is best achieved by those who have been most unhappy heretofore.

No one will ever make your movie. They will only make their movie.

Happiness when sustained too long in print can rightly be construed as sappiness.

Happiness when sustained too long in print can rightly be construed as sappiness...

God is my safety.

You will never find peace when the need you cling to is not the want you desire. But when does a want become a need... when it is all you think about?

The night! When the outside world is hiding in darkness, you have to turn on the light within in order to see where you put your steps.

Play with fire and you WILL get burned.

Language is the house of the truth of Being.

Horror writers can write about everything in the real world that a mainstream novelist can--plus the supernatural, which is the most fertile field for metaphor imaginable.

With parents, that's the only way sometimes that they can get across to their kids is by giving them an ultimatum.

As Latinas, we tend to be overly partial considering stereotypes. I'm interested in being naughty and edgy.

In retirement, only money and symptoms are consequential.

I believe that the only true agents of change on a large scale, in this country or anywhere, are young people.