I had to write about realistic circumstances. Thats the way my brain works. And I think that gave me a sort of place in the field.

Thank you...for gracing my life with your lovely presence, for adding the sweet measure of your soul to my existence.

Full circle. A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend.

In a world of monotonous horror there could be no salvation in wild dreaming.

How quickly one accepts the incredible if only one sees it enough.

To me there is nothing that goes against nature. If it seems incomprehensible, its only because we havent been able to understand it yet.

That which you believe becomes your world

Normalcy was a majority concept, the standard of many and not the standard of just one man.

What would a Mohammedan vampire do if faced with a cross?

All of us have a path to follow and the path begins on earth.

I hope people are reading my work in the future. I hope I have done more than frightened a couple of generations. I hope I've inspired a few people one way or another.

I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.

Love and being in love are not the same thing. The woman takes the man she loves into her body and absorbs his oils and essence. A part of him enters her and becomes a part of her.

Buildings designed with careful attention to aesthetics arouse and enlighten their occupants and that promotes their good health.

I like nonfiction books about people with wretched lives.

I cannot tolerate my bad behavior in another person for 10 seconds

When I am painting I have a general notion as to what I am about. I can control the flow of paint: there is no accident.

That which is eternal in Woman lifts us above.

Beauty when most unclothed is clothed best.

I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you.

Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.