I have friends who read my books in Greek.

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!

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.

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.

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.

Until you take your first step, you will not be able to open the door to begin the journey toward your ultimate goal.

Free yourself from fruitlessly worrying about things you can’t control and put your energy towards the things you can. Seize the day and take effective action on things you can change.

Emotions are reserved for juries and, in that case, a good lawyer can really lay them on when the time is right, better than the best Academy Award winning actor

Genius is the ability to hold one's vision steady until it becomes reality

Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.

Every dew-drop and rain-drop had a whole heaven within it.

Librarians save lives by handing the right book at the right time to a kid in need.

I am less attracted to guesses about what cannot be done, than about making progress on a problem.

In after-life you may have friends--fond, dear friends; but never will you have again the inexpressible love and gentleness lavished upon you which none but a mother bestows.

In the days that follow, it's movement, not stillness, that helps to keep the grief at bay.